Re: File completion woe

[Michael Albinus]

yary <address@hidden> writes:

Hi,

> I've never had file completion work with tramp, and after years of putting
> up with it, I'm now asking for help!

Sorry for the late answer; as usual it takes time until I find a w32
machine for testing.

> I can tab-complete filenames that use the FTP method- presumably using
> ange-FTP and its directory caching, since it completes quickly.
> Unfortunately I have no luck with my usual connect mode, plink.
>
> In an attempt to get it working, I looked in the "Partial Completion"
> customization group, turned on "Partial Completion Mode", Set & Saved it.
> Still Tab or M-Tab gives me "[No match]"
>
> Dired works OK over tramp/plink.
>
> I connect to NetBSD and OpenBSD hosts, which don't color text in their
> shells, so I don't think that's the issue. Using Tramp-version 2.1.13, GNU
> Emacs 22.0.990.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-05-23 on LENNART-69DE564
> (patched).
>
> Looking for any help getting this convenience feature working.

I have installed "GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of
2008-05-15 on LENNART-69DE564". Nothing else, so it is the built-in
Tramp 2.1.14-pre. My .emacs is empty (yes, it is not *my* machine).
No site specific files for Emacs, AFAICS.

Then I open a connection to a RHEL5 machine via "C-x C-f
/plink:address@hidden: <RET>". Being there,
there is no problem in completing filenames with "C-x C-f abc <TAB>".

Could you, please, check it without any own settings, i.e. starting
"emacs -Q"?

Best regards, Michael.