Re: Configuring tramp with tramp-default-method-alist

[Michael Albinus]

"Alistair McDonald" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello all,

Hi,

> I've installed tramp on my gentoo-linux system, and added these lines to
> my .emacs:
>
> (add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/tramp/lisp/")
> (require 'tramp)
> (add-to-list 'tramp-default-method-alist '("altair" "allym" "ssh"))
>
> but I get an error:
> Symbol's value as variable is void: tramp-default-method-alist
>
> Any ideas?
> tramp.el says ;; Version: $Id: tramp.el,v 2.95 2002/04/10 17:16:25 kaig Exp $
> emacs version is 21.3

Changelog:

2002-06-20  Kai Großjohann  <address@hidden>

        * tramp.el (tramp-default-method-alist): New user option.
        (tramp-find-default-method): Use it.

> (I'm following the tramp user manual on http://www.nongnu.org/tramp/)

This refers to the recent version. (or better: it should, because it
says "Tramp 2.0.34").

> Thanks,
> Alistair

Best regards, Michael.