From f5d70e35304d4fb370dc822a98020ddb16eb7895 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neale Pickett Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 17:29:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify README (thanks Eric Linblad, Prof. S. Monnier --- README.md | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1fd2e0a..e16209d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -37,6 +37,23 @@ Why You Should Not Use This * You love using `more` and `less` more than you love using `cat` and Emacs built-in navigation +What's wrong with TRAMP? +======================== + +Nothing's wrong with TRAMP. +But in my job, I frequently have to be three or four shells deep, +sometimes with login methods that TRAMP doesn't support. +This lets me stop having to care about TRAMP, +and just do what I'd do with an xterm +(but with all the benefits for high-latency connections and history mentioned above). +For instance: + +1. ssh host-a +2. ipmi host-b sol activate +3. open bizarre proprietary shell on host-c +4. edit a file + + How To Use This ======== Drop it somewhere that you can load it up. @@ -86,5 +103,5 @@ I've been trying to get some key bindings set up that will: But I'm having quite a bit of trouble with Emacs dropping characters for some reason. If you're interested in helping, -have a look at [neale-comint-edit.el](neale-comint-edit) and see what you can twiddle out of it. +have a look at [neale-comint-edit.el](neale-comint-edit.el) and see what you can twiddle out of it.