tramp stands for Transparent Remote Access - Multiple Protocols, an Emacs module that allows remote editing of files.
Questions tagged [tramp]
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Emacs: magit status failed on ssh remote server repo
I'm using ssh to connect to a remote server. On the server there is a git repo called MRFLSSVM. However, when I execute magit-status on:
/ssh:qmServer:/home/Chang/qmCodeLab/MRFLSSVM/
Magit asks me to Create repository in…

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Setting Emacs Tramp to store local backups
I love emacs, but something has been nagging me. I can't seem to get emacs to store local backups of files when I am editing them via tramp.
Currently, when I edit a local file a set of old versions is stored in the /tmp/myusername/emacs_backup…

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Emacs Tramp stuck at 'Found remote shell prompt' during file fetch
I recently set up a new FreeBSD machine and cannot seem to connect via Emacs Tramp. It stays stuck at "Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on 'broken.example.com'". (hostnames changed for anonymity)
I upped the debugging to 10 as I've seen suggested…

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Tramp-Mode does not disconnect from sudo shell?
I used emacs' tramp-mode to edit root-owned files with the syntax /sudo::
This works perfectly well, but I cannot seem to get tramp to end the sudo session without manually killing the subprocess via htop or some other process manager. The…

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How do I fix a "Wrong Type Argument: listp," error when trying to access remote file using tramp?
I am unable to access remote files in my usual way:
C-x C-f
[server]:[path][file]
and am thrown this error:
Wrong Type Argument: listp, [[server]:[path][file]
I'm not even sure how to debug this further.
any help is appreciated.
edit:
output when…

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Tab completions on remote Emacs with SLIME
At the SLIME repl on a remote SWANK, typing:
(open "~/
and then hitting TAB
This brings up a buffer with auto-completions on my local filesystem. Anyone know how to make it show the files on the remote system?
Currently my .emacs looks like…

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Emacs: Tab completion of file name appends an extra i:\cygwin
I am facing some strange behavior with file-name completion in emacs. C-x C-f to find file opens up the minibuffer with i:/cygwin/home/rrajagop/StockScreener/working_copy/master_repo/stock_screener/. Hitting a TAB makes it…

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Emacs-Tramp: Not working properly
I'm trying to use Tramp/Emacs-23 in Ubuntu 12.04 in order to edit the remote host files. My remote host has two step authentication (RSA+Passwd). I use multiplexing through .ssh/config to ensure that tramp can directly connect to the remote shell…

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emacs error in tramp mode
I have setup tramp mode with emacs, have been working using that mode for awhile, recently I start getting following error where I am unable to open any files.
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50sml-mode.el (source)...done [3 times]
For information…

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Load remote Lisp files
Maybe it's an unusual case, but I like to connect to a remote computer running Clozure CL AND compiling there some files, which are located on my local desktop.
So, what I've achieved by now is to connect to my remote Lisp box. I've done it using…

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emacs 24 on windows 7, tramp cannot find plink program
I am trying to use Emacs 24.2 with Tramp on windows 7 to remotely edit files on a linux server. I installed the Putty suit program and OpenSSH. I also placed the plink.exe in the putty suit into the bin folder under the emacs 24 folder, and added…

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Remote Subversion Repository Browsing in Emacs
Does Emacs have a package for remote browsing a subversion repo similar to what kdesvn does? If not TRAMP seems like the likely place to put such functionality

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tramp mode in emacs via login server (multihop ssh)
how to accomplish a multihop ssh session in emacs as in the following example,
ssh -t username@login-server -t ssh username@my-institute-computer
using the tramp mode? M-x f RET and then "/ssh: -t ..." seems not to be correct
Thank you for your…

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compile c++ in Emacs via tramp: Save password
I am working with emacs in Win7 to develop C++ Code on a Linux server via SSH. Loading and Saving via Tramp (using plink) works well and the "Compile" command in emacs can also be used, but I need to reenter my password everytime.
Is there any way…

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remote debugging emacs 24 and gdb
I have code on a compute node of a cluster. I can't ssh directly to the compute node so I first set up an ssh tunnel with
ssh -f cluster.master.node -L 2222:cluster.compute.node:22 -N.
Next I visit the file with
C-x C-f…

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