Re: bug#28691: [PATCH] Add file name handler support for 'make-process' (Bug#28691)

[Michael Albinus]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Stefan,

> "Remote" is just one possibility.  It can also be local under
> a different UID, or it could be local in a virtual machine, ...

The current implementation regards both cases also as "remote", provided
by Tramp. file-remote-p returns non-nil.

It might be unfortune, but I don't recommend to change the function's name.

> The way I think of it is that this argument to `make-process` tells
> Emacs that this `make-process` call should be considered a file
> operation, in the sense that the place where the process is run will be
> chosen according to default-directory and file-name-handler-alist.

Yes.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.