Re: tramp (2.0.39); backup file naming error (%backup% resulted)

[Peter Woo]

Got you point also.  I guess for me, to convince the Emacs maintainers 
is more applicable to my case because I don't how to code my own 
function for hooking to tramp...  Besides, at files.el level, it 
probably could solve for all which uses ":" in filenames.  I'll check on 
the Emacs list.

Separately, after further testing, it seems that ":" named files behaves 
very strangely on Cygwin. The file "test:abc" can be referenced even 
though you cannot see it anywhere but just "test" when "ls".  This seems 
to explain my 'hidden' file query when using ange-ftp earlier.  I'll 
check that on the Cygwin list.

Many thanks,
P.

> I do see your point. Solutions could be also to provide a Tramp
> function a user could apply via customizing
> `make-backup-file-name-function', or to implement
> `find-backup-file-name'. First alternative has more charm to me.
>
> Or convince Emacs maintainers to handle Tramp file names as
> well. Currently they are doing the following (see files.el, function
> `make-backup-file-name-1'):
>
> ;; Normalize DOSish file names: convert all slashes to
> ;; directory-sep-char, downcase the drive letter, if any,
> ;; and replace the leading "x:" with "/drive_x".
>
>  
>
> Best regards, Michael.
>
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