Norbert Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>
>> Richard wants me to change Tramp in such a way that it uses the same
>> filename format as Ange-FTP. The idea would be that the user can
>> specify for which user/host combinations Ange-FTP should be used and
>> for which user/host combinations Tramp should be used.
>>
>> What do you think about this?
>
> What's the syntax of Ange-FTP connection strings? Wouldn't we get into
> trouble with EFS filenames?
The idea is that Ange-FTP is never invoked directly. Tramp just
"forwards" some operations to Ange-FTP depending on some conditions.
For instance, it could do that for a specific user/host combination.
I have just implemented a new variable tramp-default-method-alist
which allows you to specify regular expressions for user and host
name and a method to use in this case.
Then the unification could be done as follows:
(1) Turn off Ange-FTP.
(2) Change Tramp to use a different filename format, for example:
/host:file
/user@host:file
/[method]user@host:file
(There should be something for multi-methods, too. The square
brackets are part of the filename.)
(3) Add a new pseudo-method which just forwards the call to
Ange-FTP. So, for example, /[ftp]user@host:file would invoke
Ange-FTP.
(4) Using the new variable tramp-default-method-alist, users could
specify that FTP is used by default for certain user/host
combinations.
kai
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