Re: Tramp shows no user/host completions (solved while writing)

[Michael Albinus]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

Hi Drew,

>> It seems like you absolutely must have the `basic' completion style in
>> `completion-styles' or the `file' entry in
>> `completion-category-overrides'.  No `basic', no Tramp
>> username/hostname
>> completions.
>>
>> Just in case someone runs into the same issue...
>
> Thanks for broadcasting this info.
>
> Sounds like a (design?) bug.  Users shouldn't
> have to know about this gotcha.

I don't know whether this is a design bug. Setting those user options
require knowledge.

If you set, for example, completion-styles to nil, there won't be any
completion at all (given you've started "emacs -Q"). Sounds consistent.

Best regards, Michael.