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bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects |
Date: |
Mon, 14 Feb 2022 12:19:57 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Package: Emacs
Version: 29.0.50
Since:
commit bf505a63f98ed61934a8fb81ec65c96859606b6e
Author: Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Nov 15 13:33:07 2021 +0100
Support abbreviating home directory of Tramp filenames
`abbreviate-file-name` has significantly changed in its behavior:
- it's slower (because it goes through file-name-handlers)
- it can have very visible side effects like prompting the user for a password.
I haven't measured the slowdown, so I'll assume it's acceptable, but
asking for a password (or contacting a remote host) is not.
I suggest we take a step back and think of how to get that feature
without having to contact any remote host during `abbreviate-file-name`.
Maybe we can do that by making Tramp opportunistically add entries to
`directory-abbrev-alist` when it performs expansion?
Stefan
- bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects,
Stefan Monnier <=
- bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects, Jim Porter, 2022/02/14
- bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects, Stefan Monnier, 2022/02/14
- bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects, Jim Porter, 2022/02/14
- bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects, Stefan Monnier, 2022/02/14
- bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects, Jim Porter, 2022/02/14
- bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects, Stefan Monnier, 2022/02/14
- bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects, Michael Albinus, 2022/02/15
- bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects, Stefan Monnier, 2022/02/15
- bug#54001: 29.0.50; abbreviate-file-name has side-effects, Daniel Mendler, 2022/02/15