Gene Goykhman <g...@indigo1.com> writes: Hi Gene & Kristofer,
> I've made some progress and have published a gist with my current > approach to multi-hop Docker container completion in TRAMP. I'd > appreciate comments and suggestions, and whether this is a reasonable > direction to take or if I'm missing something important. > > https://gist.github.com/genegoykhman/09868acd369b3fae866be6446997de9f > > I've taken an approach similar to the one Kristofer describes ... > >> A very simple change I tried when previously trying to get multihop >> completion working >> with another backend was that if I changed the variable >> `tramp-compat-temporary-file-directory' >> for the function `temporary-file-directory' in the completion >> functions (like `tramp-container--completion-function'), then at least > > I'm advising :before tramp-completion-handle-file-name-all-completions > and parsing out the required remote directory from which we need to > call the docker program to get remote completions. Then, I'm adding a > custom completion function my-tramp-container-completion-function that > takes that directory (if it has been parsed) and sets it as the > default-directory. > >> Another issue that I found, which maybe is unavoidable, is that some >> of the completion functions in `tramp-container' requires that the >> container >> program is installed on the local host, but sometimes I only have > > I /think/ the approach I've taken only requires that the container program be > available on the remote host on which we are trying to get the completion > list. > > Feedback appreciated! Thanks for all your work! The idea is nice. I'll check next days, and send you feedback. Unfortunately, I have first to fix the Tramp ELPA package. People have reported, that it doesn't install any longer with the just-released Emacs 29.1 ... Best regards, Michael.
