[Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r99361: * tramp.texi (Frequently Asked Questions): Add GNU Emacs 23 and

[Michael Albinus]

------------------------------------------------------------
revno: 99361
committer: Michael Albinus <address@hidden>
branch nick: trunk
timestamp: Sun 2010-01-17 13:15:25 +0100
message:
  * tramp.texi (Frequently Asked Questions): Add GNU Emacs 23 and
  SXEmacs       22 to the supported systems.  New item for hung ssh sessions.
modified:
  doc/misc/ChangeLog
  doc/misc/tramp.texi

=== modified file 'doc/misc/ChangeLog'
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog        2010-01-17 03:24:31 +0000
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog        2010-01-17 12:15:25 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-01-17  Michael Albinus  <address@hidden>
+
+       * tramp.texi (Frequently Asked Questions): Add GNU Emacs 23 and
+       SXEmacs 22 to the supported systems.  New item for hung ssh sessions.
+
 2010-01-17  Glenn Morris  <address@hidden>
 
        * calc.texi (Reporting Bugs): Don't mention format of repository.

=== modified file 'doc/misc/tramp.texi'
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi       2010-01-17 02:22:44 +0000
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi       2010-01-17 12:15:25 +0000
@@ -2749,9 +2749,8 @@
 @item
 Which systems does it work on?
 
-The package has been used successfully on GNU Emacs 21, GNU Emacs 22
-and XEmacs 21 (starting with 21.4).  Gateway methods are supported for
-GNU Emacs 22 only.
+The package has been used successfully on GNU Emacs 21, GNU Emacs 22,
+GNU Emacs 23, XEmacs 21 (starting with 21.4), and SXEmacs 22.
 
 The package was intended to work on Unix, and it really expects a
 Unix-like system on the remote end (except the @option{smb} method),
@@ -2762,12 +2761,6 @@
 many thanks to Joe Stoy for providing the information:
 @uref{ftp://ftp.comlab.ox.ac.uk/tmp/Joe.Stoy/}
 
address@hidden The link is broken.  I've contacted Tom for clarification.  
Michael.
address@hidden
-The above mostly contains patches to old ssh versions; Tom Roche has a
-Web page with instructions:
address@hidden://www4.ncsu.edu/~tlroche/plinkTramp.html}
address@hidden ignore
 
 @item
 How could I speed up @value{tramp}?
@@ -2838,7 +2831,6 @@
 [ $TERM = "dumb" ] && unsetopt zle && PS1='$ '
 @end example
 
-
 @item
 @value{tramp} doesn't transfer strings with more than 500 characters
 correctly
@@ -2870,6 +2862,25 @@
 
 
 @item
address@hidden does not recognize hung @command{ssh} sessions
+
+When your network connection is down, @command{ssh} sessions might
+hang.  @value{tramp} cannot detect it safely, because it still sees a
+running @command{ssh} process.  Timeouts cannot be used as well,
+because it cannot be predicted, how long a remote command will last,
+for example when copying very large files.
+
+Therefore, you must configure the @command{ssh} process to die
+in such a case.  The following entry in @file{~/.ssh/config} would do
+the job:
+
address@hidden
+Host *
+     ServerAliveInterval 5
address@hidden example
+
+
address@hidden
 File name completion does not work with @value{tramp}
 
 When you log in to the remote machine, do you see the output of