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Re: typo in tramp manual
From: |
Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
Re: typo in tramp manual |
Date: |
Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:18:12 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:
Hi Stephen,
>>> 5.1 TRAMP file name conventions
>>> ===============================
>>>
>>> To log in to the remote host as a specific user, you use the
>>> syntax ‘/user@host:path/to.file’. That means that connecting to
>>> ‘melancholia’ as ‘daniel’ and editing ‘.emacs’ in your home
>>> directory you would specify ‘/daniel@melancholia:.emacs’.
>>>
>>> I believe the example given would edit '.emacs/ in DANIEL's home
>>> directory.
>>
>> Why do you believe this? Usually, nobody owns a directory ".emacs/". But
>> it is common for a file ".emacs" to exist in a home directory.
>
> I think "'.emacs/" is a typo for "'.emacs'" and Allan meant the doc
> should read "... connecting to ‘melancholia’ as ‘daniel’ and editing
> ‘.emacs’ in Daniel's home directory ...".
> ^^^^^^^^
I see, thanks. However, this seems to be corrected already in both Tramp
2.2.13 and 2.3.1. Allan seems to use an older Tramp version.
> Steve Berman
Best regards, Michael.