Unified file-name syntax?

[Michael Sperber]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus at gmx.de> writes:

> Steve Youngs <steve at sxemacs.org> writes:
>
>> May I suggest this compromise... _Require_ the optional colon.
>>
>>   Tramp filenames
>>         /method:user at host:/path/to/file
>>         /:user at host:/path/to/file  (which uses default method)
>
> In GNU Emacs, "/:" at the beginning of a file name means to quote this
> name. This would disable Tramp handlers for this file name.
>
> But don't panic, the idea is not to remove the syntax you like. We are
> just speaking about a common default for the syntax. Today, it is
> 'ftp for GNU Emacs and 'sep for XEmacs. If you apply
>
>      (setq tramp-syntax 'sep)
>
> you won't see the changed default.

Does the old Tramp syntax disappear when unified file names are used?
Is there a way to keep both?

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Cheers =8-} Mike
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