Re: File name handlers and local files.

[Michael Albinus]

address@hidden (Michaël Cadilhac) writes:

> Let's suppose my sysadmin is a weird guy. Very weird. And he decided
> that a common NFS data directory will be created on the / with the
> name 'data:', because he had a difficult childhood and loves The
> Windows Way.
>
> When I try to edit a file in that directory, I use : C-x C-f /data:/test

You shall type C-x C-f /:/data:/test

See Emacs manual "(emacs)Quoted File Names".

Best regards, Michael.