Re: tramp /NT-Emacs problems

[Michael Albinus]

Patrik Jonsson <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,

Hi,

> I'm trying to run tramp 2.0.28 with NT-emacs 20.6, but I'm having some
> trouble.  When I try to find a file, after hitting return (hitting tab
> to start filename completion used to start tramp with my old tramp
> 2.0.6, but now only yields the message
> "Not a Tramp Filename: c:/seaborg:junk.c"
> if I try to find the file /seaborg:junk.c.  Is this normal?)  tramp
> will start up, log into the remote host but finally hang at this point:

Your MD5 problem will be treated by Kai I guess.

Completion: with Tramp 2.0.16 (?) it has been extended by method /
hostname completion. Doesn't seem to be M$ clean yet. Next days, I'll
try to hijack my son's WXP machine in order to fix it. For the time
being, you can discard it by the following patch (filename completion
should still work):

address@hidden:[1188] diff -u tramp.el.~1~ tramp.el
--- tramp.el.~1~        Tue Jan 14 08:37:36 2003
+++ tramp.el    Tue Jan 14 08:49:14 2003
@@ -3425,9 +3425,11 @@
 ;;;###autoload
 (add-to-list 'file-name-handler-alist
             (cons tramp-file-name-regexp 'tramp-file-name-handler))
-(add-to-list 'file-name-handler-alist
-            (cons tramp-completion-file-name-regexp
-                  'tramp-completion-file-name-handler))
+;; tramp-completion is not M$ clean yet (drive letter)
+(unless (memq system-type '(windows-nt))
+  (add-to-list 'file-name-handler-alist
+              (cons tramp-completion-file-name-regexp
+                    'tramp-completion-file-name-handler)))
 
 (defun tramp-repair-jka-compr ()
   "If jka-compr is already loaded, move it to the front of

> /Patrik J.

Best regards, Michael.