One could argue that just calling `process-file' should be
sufficient. But it isn't for packages which still want to support
Emacs 21.
Backwards-compatibility is nice, but it is not the most important
thing.
> If `call-process' would be able to handle remote
> commands,
>
> I cannot envision any way in which that could make sense. I have no
> idea what it would mean for `call-process' to "handle" remote
> commands.
"handle commands to be executed on a remote host".
What call-process does is run a program with given arguments.
How would it run this program on a remote host?
Perhaps using ssh. But if you want to use ssh, you can do that now.
You can invoke ssh to run a command on a remote host.
So what really is the new feature that you want?
I don't follow the idea.
WHat would that mean? How in the world can call-process
run the pro
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