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tramp stands for Transparent Remote Access - Multiple Protocols, an Emacs module that allows remote editing of files.

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Originate edit of remote file using emacs tramp from ssh session

This is probably a somewhat out-of-wack question. I use tramp to edit remote files, but I also open several terminals ssh-ing to that remote machine as well for other works (I had problems running ssh shell inside emacs). Often times during the…
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emacs tramp over an unreliable connection

I want to run R on a remote box under a local Emacs (I do not want to run Emacs on the remote box). I can run R on a remote host using TRAMP: (let ((default-directory "/user@remote:~")) (R)) and everything works fine except that when the…
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Emacs: disable Ido completion in Tramp mode

I often use ido for auto-completion and tramp to access remote server via ssh. My .emacs includes the following lines: (require 'tramp) (setq tramp-default-method "ssh") (ido-mode 1) (setq ido-enable-flex-matching t) (setq ido-everywhere t) I want…
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Using emacs tramp vs. rsync for remote development

I have been doing some remote development using emacs tramp and found that it was quite slow. Every time I save a file, it takes about 10 seconds to complete the save. So, now I am using rsync to transfer the files remotely and it works much…
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Stop tramp-mode running on emacs' startup

I was trying out tramp-mode, but now I cannot seem to get rid of it.. Whenever I start emacs, it spends about 20 seconds going through various tramp-related initialisations.. tramp: Waiting 60s for prompt from remote shell tramp: Setting up remote…
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TRAMP ignores tramp-remote-path

I have the following in my .emacs: (require 'tramp) (add-to-list 'tramp-remote-path "/some/path") (add-to-list 'tramp-remote-path 'tramp-default-remote-path) so when I open a file using tramp over ssh, I expect my PATH to contain /some/path.…
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How can I use Emacs tramp to ssh to a remote host and edit a file as another user on an ad-hoc basis?

/multi used to work for me, now it's gone and I'm frustrated. What I want to do is, in my dream world: /myuser@remotehost:sudo:anotheruser:/some/path/to/file ...and have ido-mode work. The key thing here is that 'myuser', 'remotehost' and…
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Tramp using ssh does not source .bash_profile / .profile

I'm using Aquamacs (graphical emacs for OSX using emacs 24 and tramp version 2.2.3) to edit some files on a remote server. Tramp is set up to use ssh and works fine in terms of editing files. It fails when it comes to compiling because the compiler…
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How can I use Powershell as my tramp-encoding-shell?

First I start up eshell then I enter the command cd /plink:@:/home/ then I get this error message Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. The command prompt has been…
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How to check if connected to remote server?

I use tramp to connect to my company's servers. I would like to customize my functions to work differently if I am accessing local files vs remote ones. Is there a variable I could check if the buffer I am accessing is on a remote server or my local…
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org-display-inline-images an remote image

I have an image on a remote machine that I want to display inline in an org file. But the image displayed is a black square. -------My Org file -------- [[file:/ssh:user@host:/path/to/image.png]] ----------Error message ------- 1 images displayed…
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Bizzarre Emacs Tramp Fix

I was In the middle of editing a file on a remote host and hit C-x C-s, when suddenly Emacs froze. It had been working earlier that day; I'd saved from another buffer in the same session only ten minutes prior. Hitting C-g pulled it out of the hung…
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how to disable autosave for tramp buffers in emacs?

autosave for tramp buffers is very annoying, every time it cost dozens of seconds. I can disable it by using Alt-X auto-save-mode, Is there any way I can do to automatic disable it? maybe by using some kind of hook?
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Using Emacs TRAMP with an ssh server that doesn't provide /bin/sh?

I am trying to use Emacs TRAMP to access files over ssh on a server that does not provide /bin/sh, and so I get the following error when I try to connect: env: can't execute '/bin/sh': No such file or directory Is there any way to tell TRAMP where…
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How do I rename R sessions in ESS?

I previously asked how to switch R sessions in ESS, and the use of C-x C-s has sped up my workflow greatly. However, if I have multiple R sessions (even as few as 3), it can be difficult to remember which on is R, which is R:2, and which is R:3. Is…
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