Re: Remote asynchronous processes

[Michael Albinus]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Stefan,

>> However, we will loose features of remote asynchronous processes. At
>> least (and not comprehensive), processes started via make-process
>>
>> - are not checked for passwords or other interactive dialogues
>> - do not not support multi-hops anymore
>> - cannot be killed via interrupt-process (??? I'm not sure)
>> - do not tell the remote tty
>> - ...
>
> How 'bout a user-config setting?
> At least the first two's importance depend on the user's situation or
> usage pattern.

It's not so simple to decide for a user. I fear myriads of bug reports
towards Tramp, if make-process behaves differently depending on user config.

Experience shows, that there aren't so many people who respond to Tramp
bug reports.

> I can't judge on the rest: the 3rd is unsure and I don't understand the 4th.

The 4th problem means, that process-tty-name cannot return proper
information anymore for that kind of remote processes.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.