Re: TRAMP: Problems copying files in emacs-28.0.50 on Windows 10

[Michael Albinus]

"H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> writes:

Hi Dieter,

> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
>>> installed: tramp-2.5.1.3, then emacs -Q
>>
>> I'm not sure that installed ELPA packages are activated when you run
>> "emacs -Q". Likely, you must load Tramp in your *scratch* buffer (or you
>> don't use "-Q" while testing).
>
> Please tell me what you mean exactly by loading Tramp in the *scratch*
> buffer?

I meant adapting the load-path, and requiring Tramp then. However, if
you have installed the Tramp ELPA package, you can simply call

# emacs -Q -l ~/.emacs.d/elpa/tramp-2.5.1.3/tramp-autoloads

> I'll loaded all 20 tramp 2.5.1.3 sources from their Elpa folder and the
> remote copy operation is working now with emacs -Q. Hurrah!

Great!

>> As said, Emacs knows Tramp methods for completion only when you have
>> loaded Tramp.
>>
>> (Also this with Tramp 2.5.1.3, because there have been changes last months.)
>
> Right, also completion is working with 2.5.1.3. :-)

Great, again!

> PS: The only thing where I'm a bit confused is why - in emacs -Q - Tramp
> isn't asking me to save the passwords in an .authinfo file?  Did you
> change a customisation in 2.5.1.3 compared to 2.5.1-pre?

Excellent question, I've fixed this two days ago :-) In tramp.el, please
apply the following patch:

*** /home/albinus/.emacs.d/elpa/tramp-2.5.1.3/tramp.el.~1~      2021-10-05 
15:12:19.990118237 +0200
--- /home/albinus/.emacs.d/elpa/tramp-2.5.1.3/tramp.el  2021-10-11 
09:20:41.165536304 +0200
***************
*** 4854,4860 ****
    (save-restriction
      (with-tramp-progress-reporter
        proc 3 "Waiting for prompts from remote shell"
!       (let (exit)
        (if timeout
            (with-timeout (timeout (setq exit 'timeout))
              (while (not exit)
--- 4854,4861 ----
    (save-restriction
      (with-tramp-progress-reporter
        proc 3 "Waiting for prompts from remote shell"
!       (let ((enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
!           exit)
        (if timeout
            (with-timeout (timeout (setq exit 'timeout))
              (while (not exit)

> Thank you very much Michael
>
>       Dieter

Best regards, Michael.