Re: Saving a remote buffer into a local file

[Dani Moncayo]

> I think it would be nice to have some special syntax, so that I can
> specify a path in my local host (and avoid the cumbersome
> "/localuser@localhost:/localpath").
>
> Is there such a syntax?

Answering myself: Yes, it seems so: Just quote the local path with "/:":

  C-x C-w /:~/file2

This feature is documented in the Emacs manual.  Node "Quoted File Names".

Thanks.

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Dani Moncayo