Re: Unify Ange-FTP and Tramp filename formats?

[John Utz]

Hello;

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Kai [iso-8859-15] Großjohann wrote:

> Richard wants me to change Tramp in such a way that it uses the same
> filename format as Ange-FTP.


heavens to betsy, that's a very tuff call!

my immediate response would be "yes, and 'hell yes'" because i use them
both (depending on the remote box that i am visiting and the local box
that i am sitting on) and i have no end of mental 'format collisions'. :-)

my more thoughful response is "no, and 'hell no'" because i use them both 
and they dont behave identically so this would probably confuse me. :-(

(me schizophrenic and attentively challenged? why, yes, i suppose so :-) )

my most thoughtful conclusion is that this is a good idea, but it should 
be keyed to a variable so that we can choose our poison.

>  The idea would be that the user can specify for which user/host
> combinations Ange-FTP should be used and for which user/host
> combinations Tramp should be used.

hmm, this is a nice enhancement too, but i think that i'd like to be able 
to switch the whole thing off and on too.

> What do you think about this?

on the balance, i think it's a good idea.

> kai
> 

just my us$0.02

johnu

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