Re: tramp (2.0.36); Times out on OS X 10.3 (Panther)

[Ray Ryan]

On Nov 20, 2003, at 12:39 PM, Kai Grossjohann wrote:

> Ray Ryan <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Andrew Choi gave me the fix:
> >
> > > Tramp seems to require process-connection-type to be set to t to use
> > > ssh.  Unfortunately as it stands, the default value of
> > > process-connection-type is t when started from a terminal and nil
> > > when  started to run with Carbon GUI.  Since you're running under
> > > Panther,  please try setting process-connection-type to t in a
> > > startup file and  see if tramp/ssh will work correctly in both cases.
>
> Ah, yes.  I don't like this.

It's working well for me. Is there a price I don't know that I'm paying?

> One workaround could be use one of the *x methods.  They are
> documented to be good for Windows users, but the Windows users are
> experiencing the same pty problem you're seeing.

I'm not sure that the *x methods are. I always invoke tramp as a side 
effect of opening a file like /address@hidden:file

> Using the *x methods is less than perfect because it only works right
> with ssh, but Tramp also supports telnet and suchlike.  But maybe it's
> good enough for you?
>
> Do the *x methods work?  If so, advice to this effect could be added
> to the Tramp manual.  You're not the first Mac user to bring this up.
> (But until now I failed to mention the *x methods.)  No sense in
> having many people ask, adding it to the docs would be better.
>
> Kai