Re: Emacs unconditionally loads tramp.el

[Michael Albinus]

Romain Francoise <address@hidden> writes:

> Michael Albinus <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> That's right. It is due to `tramp-register-file-name-handlers' in
>> `emacs-startup-hook', which is an autoloaded function. But Tramp would
>> be loaded anyway when one tries to complete a filename in the
>> minibuffer, because the intention of my change is to provide
>> method/username/hostname completion for remote files. "C-x C-f / <TAB>"
>> would be sufficient to load Tramp.
>
> In that case, tramp.el and regexp-opt should probably be preloaded,
> rather than be loaded every time via `emacs-startup-hook'.

... or revert the change to the previous behaviour: method/ username/
hostname completion are active only after loading the first remote
file. I'm really undecided what's better.

Best regards, Michael.