Re: User/host name completion: how to deal with ambiguity?

[Kai Großjohann]

lawrence mitchell <address@hidden> writes:

> Kai Grossjohann wrote:
>
>>   On the other hand, /flarbl:~/ is unambiguous for the home dir on
>>   the host, and it's only two additional characters...
>
> I don't even think this would break most users' mental maps, I
> for one nearly always type ~/ (force of habit I suppose).

You'd be surprised.  I was surprised, too.  I thought requiring the
user to type "~/" is not a big deal, but whenever I mentioned it on
the list, users expressed their desire for Tramp to work even without
"~/".

kai
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