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TRAMP version 2.0.57 User Manual
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This file documents TRAMP version 2.0.57, a remote file editing package
for GNU Emacs.

   TRAMP stands for `Transparent Remote (file) Access, Multiple
Protocol'.  This package provides remote file editing, similar to
Ange-FTP.

   The difference is that Ange-FTP uses FTP to transfer files between
the local and the remote host, whereas TRAMP uses a combination of
`rsh' and `rcp' or other work-alike programs, such as `ssh'/`scp'.

   You can find the latest version of this document on the web at
`http://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/'.

   There is a mailing list for TRAMP, available at
<tramp-devel@gnu.org>, and archived at the TRAMP Mail Archive
(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/tramp-devel/).

   Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,   2006,
2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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Overview: What TRAMP can and cannot do.

For the end user:

Obtaining Tramp: How to obtain TRAMP.
History: History of TRAMP.
Configuration: Configuring TRAMP for use.
Usage: An overview of the operation of TRAMP.
Bug Reports: Reporting Bugs and Problems.
Frequently Asked Questions: Questions and answers from the mailing list.
Concept Index: An item for each concept.

For the developer:

Version Control: The inner workings of remote version control.
Files directories and localnames: How file names, directories and localnames are mangled and managed.
Issues: Debatable Issues and What Was Decided.
GNU Free Documentation License: The license for this documentation.

--- The Detailed Node Listing --- Configuring TRAMP for use

Connection types: Types of connections made to remote machines.
Inline methods: Inline methods.
External transfer methods: External transfer methods.
Multi-hop Methods: Connecting to a remote host using multiple hops.
Default Method: Selecting a default method.
Customizing Methods: Using Non-Standard Methods.
Customizing Completion: Selecting config files for user/host name completion.
Password caching: Reusing passwords for several connections.
Remote Programs: How TRAMP finds and uses programs on the remote machine.
Remote shell setup: Remote shell setup hints.
Windows setup hints: Issues with Cygwin ssh.
Auto-save and Backup: Auto-save and Backup.

Using TRAMP

Filename Syntax: TRAMP filename conventions.
Multi-hop filename syntax: Multi-hop filename conventions.
Filename completion: Filename completion.
Dired: Dired.
Compilation: Compile remote files.

The inner workings of remote version control

Version Controlled Files: Determining if a file is under version control.
Remote Commands: Executing the version control commands on the remote machine.
Changed workfiles: Detecting if the working file has changed.
Checking out files: Bringing the workfile out of the repository.
Miscellaneous Version Control: Things related to Version Control that don't fit elsewhere.

Things related to Version Control that don't fit elsewhere

Remote File Ownership: How VC determines who owns a workfile.
Back-end Versions: How VC determines what release your RCS is.

How file names, directories and localnames are mangled and managed

Localname deconstruction: Breaking a localname into its components.

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