[h-e-w] emacs 21 and non-local filesystems

[Tom Roche]

I once wrote (regarding plink and tramp)

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~tlroche/plinkTramp.html
> Unfortunately the "native" emacs compile function does not yet
> support remote files. (Supposedly this will change sometime on or
> about GNU Emacs 21.) However, as of at least v2.9, TRAMP does
> support remote compilation. Simply include

> (require 'tramp-util)

> in your Emacs configuration (e.g. in .emacs, after your main
> TRAMP configuration section) and you will be able to do

> M-x tramp-compile

> in a TRAMP buffer.

Now that emacs 21 has (almost?) arrived (is it official yet?) I'd like
to know: does it actually support remote compilation? or other
non-local functionality? on windows?

TIA, address@hidden