>>>>> "Miles" == Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Miles> Phillip Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> It would probably be easier just to use tramp instead. I don't >> know if it will do sftp, but I do know that it can tunnel >> directly through ssh. I use this all the time. >> >> I suspect that you have never tried tramp. It's a fine package! Miles> There was some discussion of this before, and the conclusion Miles> reached was just the opposite. Miles> Tramp works ok in it's domain, and is a valuable tool in Miles> situations where nothing else works, but it's essentially Miles> very inefficient (if you look at what it's doing you'll gag Miles> on your wheaties). Ange-ftp, by relying on ftp's direct Miles> support of various file-system operations, can be _much_ more Miles> efficient (and more reliable) -- and sftp is basically like Miles> ftp with many of the bogosities removed. Miles> Certainly ange-ftp is an old and crufty mode, and probably Miles> would need a bunch of work to eliminate assumptions about Miles> ftp, but apparently tramp would need even more work to handle Miles> sftp properly. I didn't know this. From my perspective, efficiency is not that much of an issue though. It would be nice if it ran a little quicker, but it works well for me. I'm guessing that tramp tries to abstract over the different transport mechanisms, and so can't use their features as much? Phil _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
