Re: Yet another global/gtags package into elpa..

[Michael Albinus]

Ergus <spacibba@aol.com> writes:

> Hi:

Hi,

>>Why only the host? The user name could also be relevant. I wouldn't
>>think too much about, and use just 
>>(connection-local-criteria-for-default-directory).
>>
> Agree, but the problem is that I need to create a unique name for
> connection-local-profile-alist entries, and avoid the excessive calls to
> executable-find when possible. I am not sure if there is a more standard
> approach?

I would create the profile symbol like

(intern (concat "global-xref--" (file-remote-p default-directory) "-vars"))

There might be some optimizations in case of multi-hops and ports, but
it is a starter.

Best regards, Michael.