Re: bad regexp in auto-save-file-name-transforms

[Stefan Monnier]

>> If tramp-auto-save-directory is nil, and I'm using tramp to edit a
>> file in the root directory of a remote machine, the auto-save
>> filename that is generated is bad.

> and I offered a patch which seemed to be ignored:

Sorry about that.  Since nobody else seems to be paying attention, I'll try
to handle it.  Problem is I'm not too familiar with that code, so could you
explain why your patch fixes things (i.e. why it's right)?


        Stefan