Tramp stands for `Transparent Remote (file) Access, Multiple
Protocol'.  This package provides remote file editing, similar to
Ange-FTP and EFS.

The difference is that Ange-FTP uses FTP to transfer files between the
local and the remote host, whereas Tramp uses a combination of `rsh'
and `rcp' or other work-alike programs, such as `ssh'/`scp'.

On GNU Emacs, this version of Tramp uses a unified filename syntax for
Tramp and Ange-FTP.  Read the manual for details.

Files in this directory:
------------------------

CONTRIBUTORS            Self-explanatory, I guess.
ChangeLog               List of changes, most recent first.
                        There is a similar file for each directory.
INSTALL                 Instructions for installation of Tramp.
Makefile.in             What I use for building Tramp.
Makefile.XEmacs         What the XEmacs package maintainer uses to build
                        Tramp.
README                  This file.
README-GIT              For the brave ones who want to get the latest
                        developer sources.
aclocal.m4              Macros used by autoconf for generating the
                        configure script.
configure.ac            Input for autoconf for generating the configure script.
download.sh             A script to download Tramp sources via wget instead git.
package-info.in         Used for the XEmacs package.

All other files in this directory are generated by either autoconf,
configure, or make.

Subdirectories:
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contrib                 Lisp packages used by Tramp which are not part of
                        Tramp.  Cf. the README file there.
lisp                    The Tramp Lisp packages.
test                    Some Lisp files to test Tramp.
texi                    The documentation.

Kai Grossjohann <kai.grossjohann@gmx.net>
