From 502269d6e71e78eaafe2da520d9b14ecf732914d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Albinus Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 12:08:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] * tramp.texi (Inline methods, Default Method): Mention `tramp-inline-compress-start-size'. --- doc/misc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ doc/misc/tramp.texi | 8 +++++++- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index a559873d403..1d4f1a5f614 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-05-01 Michael Albinus + + * tramp.texi (Inline methods, Default Method): Mention + `tramp-inline-compress-start-size'. + 2010-04-18 Teodor Zlatanov * gnus.texi (Gnus Versions, Oort Gnus): Mention the Git repo instead of diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi index 7a380a4e28a..7d41049897e 100644 --- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi +++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi @@ -592,6 +592,10 @@ If both commands aren't available on the remote host, @value{tramp} transfers a small piece of Perl code to the remote host, and tries to apply it for encoding and decoding. +The variable @var{tramp-inline-compress-start-size} controls, whether +a file shall be compressed before encoding. This could increase +transfer speed for large text files. + @table @asis @item @option{rsh} @@ -1230,7 +1234,9 @@ without bossing you around. You tell me whether it works @dots{} My suggestion is to use an inline method. For large files, external methods might be more efficient, but I guess that most people will -want to edit mostly small files. +want to edit mostly small files. And if you access large text files, +compression (driven by @var{tramp-inline-compress-start-size}) shall +still result in good performance. I guess that these days, most people can access a remote machine by using @command{ssh}. So I suggest that you use the @option{ssh} -- 2.39.2