Heads-up: if you are using remote directories, you'll want to read this. Michael Albinus <michael.albi...@gmx.de> writes:
> Hi, > > today I've committed a patch, which changes the remote file name syntax > in Emacs. The "method" part, optional until now, becomes > mandatory. Valid remote file names are now > > /method:host:/path/to/file > /method:user@host:/path/to/file > > A new method, "-", has been added which is a marker for the default > method as known so far. > > The reason is, that all the time there have been problems in Tramp due > to syntactic ambiguities. A remote file name "/foo:" has not been > distinct; "foo" could be either a method or a host name. This has > resulted in permanent problems during file name completion. > > The changes will be visible with the next releases of Tramp 2.3.2 and > Emacs 26.1. > > Best regards, Michael. -- Nick
