Re: Adding with-editor to Emacs?

[Michael Albinus]

Manuel Giraud <manuel@ledu-giraud.fr> writes:

Hi Manuel,

>>>> If we want a better/safer client-server connections for remote hosts,
>>>> it should be handled in Tramp, I think.
>>>
>>> Probably and it would be great if Tramp did handle that, but I don't
>>> even use Tramp except when users report that there is an issue when
>>> using Tramp with one of my packages.  So I am not the right person to
>>> implement it there, but if Michael were to tackle this, then maybe I
>>> would have some insights that could be useful.  Or not.
>>
>> Finally, I've found a free time slot to check with-editor. In fact,
>> emacsclient can also be called on a remote machine in order to reach the
>> local Emacs server instance. What is needed is, that emacsclient must
>> tell the Emacs server where it is located.
>
> Do you an emacsclient on the server to do this?  AFAIU, with-editor does
> not need this.

with-editor has its own implementation (a shell script) for communication
between the local Emacs server and a remote host. I have been asked how
this could be replaced by using a remote emacsclient and
Tramp. Especially, how the file names should look like. IIUC the
with-editor code, emacsclient is not used in the remote case.

Best regards, Michael.