bug#9647: dirtrack.el patch to support prefixed paths, e.g. tramp remote shells

[Michael Albinus]

Ryan Barrett <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Michael Albinus <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> However, I still don't know whether this shall be fixed in
>> dirtrack.el. Maybe it would be better if Tramp could support.
>
> yeah, i understand that instinct. i think dirtrack may be the more
> appropriate place, though.
>
> notably, if you look at the patch, it doesn't actually depend on tramp
> at all. it uses shell-prefixed-directory-name and
> comint-file-name-prefix, which are generic mechanisms in shell and
> comint, which dirtrack already depends on.

You've convinced me. I've applied your patch to the trunk, slightly
modified.

Thanks, and best regards, Michael.