Re: emacs-26 d2d5e54: Mention remote file name completion in Emacs manual

[Michael Albinus]

John Wiegley <address@hidden> writes:

Hi John,

> Clément has made me think I'm objecting too broadly. Indeed, these all do what
> I expected in ivy:
>
>     /ssh:hermes:/<TAB>        completes in / on remote
>     /ssh:hermes://<TAB>       completes in / on remote
>     /ssh:hermes:///<TAB>      completes in / on local
>
> Are you saying this is inconsistent for plain Emacs?

Yes. Vanilla Emacs ("emacs -Q") behaves like this:

     /ssh:ford:/<TAB>        completes in / on remote
     /ssh:ford://<TAB>       completes in / on local
     /ssh:ford:///<TAB>      completes in / on remote

The second one is the inconsistency I wrote about (it shall complete in
/ on remote). The third one I didn't recognize until now, it shall
complete in / on local. A bug.

My proposal is the behavior you've shown with ivy, also for vanilla
Emacs.

> John

Best regards, Michael.