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

[Tassilo Horn]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

> Indeed. When I complete "/ssh:f TAB" with one of `emacs21', `emacs22'
> or `basic' in `completion-styles', I see the call
>
> (file-name-all-completions "ssh:f" "/")
>
> which performs host name completion in Tramp. For the other completion
> styles, there is just
>
> (file-name-all-completions "ssh" "/") ;; for `partial-completion'
>
> or
>
> (file-name-all-completions "" "/") ;; for `substring' and `flex'
>
> or even no call for `initials'.

Would you consider that a bug?

At least from a user perspective, it seems odd that more powerful
completion styles restrict the completion candidates, though I do
understand the technical details that lead to the observed results.

> So I have added the following sentence to the Tramp manual:
>
> User name and host name completion is activated only, if file name
> completion has one of the styles ‘basic’, ‘emacs21’, or ‘emacs22’.
> *Note (emacs)Completion Styles::.

Good.  (But it would be better if it wasn't needed.)

Bye,
Tassilo