Table of Contents

1. An overview of TRAMP
2. Copying.
3. Obtaining TRAMP.
4. History of TRAMP
5. Installing TRAMP into Emacs.
6. Configuring TRAMP for use

6.1 Types of connections made to remote machines.
6.2 Inline methods
6.3 External transfer methods
6.4 Connecting to a remote host using multiple hops
6.5 Selecting a default method
6.6 Using Non-Standard Methods
6.7 Selecting config files for user/host name completion
6.8 How TRAMP finds and uses programs on the remote machine.
6.9 Remote shell setup hints
6.10 Issues with Cygwin ssh

7. Using TRAMP

7.1 TRAMP filename conventions
7.2 Multi-hop filename conventions
7.3 Filename completion
7.4 Dired

8. Reporting Bugs and Problems
9. Frequently Asked Questions
10. The inner workings of remote version control

10.1 Determining if a file is under version control
10.2 Executing the version control commands on the remote machine
10.3 Detecting if the working file has changed
10.4 Bringing the workfile out of the repository
10.5 Things related to Version Control that don't fit elsewhere

10.5.1 How VC determines who owns a workfile
10.5.2 How VC determines what release your RCS is

11. How file names, directories and paths are mangled and managed.

11.1 Breaking a path into its components.

12. Debatable Issues and What Was Decided