Re: Tramp completion doesn't work like ange-ftp

[Michael Albinus]

Matthew Donaldson <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Michael,

Hi Matthew,

> So say I opened a file on a server using the path
> /address@hidden:/public_html/myfile.txt
>
> Now I'm editing some local file and I want to open myfile2.txt in the
> remote folder at a later stage.  Under ange-ftp, at the find-file:
> prompt I could type in (e.g.) "/user<TAB>" and the  completion would
> search through the file paths of all the buffers (taken at face value)
> and find /address@hidden:/public_html/ as a folder, and complete it
> for me.  This saved a lot of hostname and pathname typing.  I can't
> seem to do this with tramp.  Typing "/user<TAB>" gives me no
> completions.  Maybe it's being cleverer than I want and trying to
> interpret the path?

Some few checks:

- Is there an entry "machine myhost.com login user" in your ~/.netrc?
  I guess yes, because it worked for you before.

- What is your default Tramp method? It shall be "ftp", if you want to
  use ange-ftp. Check "C-h v tramp-default-method".
  Btw, setting tramp-default-method is mentioned in the NEWS of Emacs
  22.1, which you can read via "C-h n".

> Cheers
>
>                 -Matthew

Best regards, Michael.