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Re:The JED Programmer's Editor (2017) by smitty1e on Saturday May 02, 2020 @10:36PM (#23056463)
The syntax for tramp-mode is on the arcane side.
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Re:The JED Programmer's Editor (2017) by m463 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @10:48PM (#23056523)
I mostly use emacs /ssh:ab:.bashrc which I think compares favorably with

  ssh ab
  emacs .bashrc
(or anything with a URL)

my .ssh/config contains a "Host ab" section for particulars about logging into the machine.

Although you have a point. For instance there is a weird bug or two in tramp mode, like (absolute-file-p "/ssh:ab:.bashrc") erroneously returns t

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Re:The JED Programmer's Editor (2017) by TeMPOraL on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:42AM (#23058924)
What's arcane in /[protocol]:[login]@[machine]:[path to remote file]?
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