* tramp.texi (Inline methods): Remove remark about doubled "-t"

argument.
(Frequently Asked Questions): Recommend "sshx" and "scpx" for
echoing shells.

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index 2f8a89d4b3c..87ca6ad07ea 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-07-17  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+        * tramp.texi (Inline methods): Remove remark about doubled "-t"
+        argument.
+        (Frequently Asked Questions): Recommend "sshx" and "scpx" for
+        echoing shells.
+
 2010-07-10  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 
         * tramp.texi (Inline methods): Remove "kludgy" phrase.
diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index 4d853a5fb2c..e2d777c5cc2 100644
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -693,8 +693,6 @@ This is also useful for Windows users where @command{ssh}, when
 invoked from an @value{emacsname} buffer, tells them that it is not
 allocating a pseudo tty.  When this happens, the login shell is wont
 to not print any shell prompt, which confuses @value{tramp} mightily.
-For reasons unknown, some Windows ports for @command{ssh} require the
-doubled @samp{-t} option.
 
 This supports the @samp{-p} argument.
 
@@ -2803,7 +2801,7 @@ increase this level only temporarily, hunting bugs.
 @item
 @value{tramp} does not connect to the remote host
 
-When @value{tramp} does not connect to the remote host, there are two
+When @value{tramp} does not connect to the remote host, there are three
 reasons heading the bug mailing list:
 
 @itemize @minus
@@ -2838,6 +2836,17 @@ the following command:
 @end example
 
 @item
+Echoed characters after login
+
+When the remote machine opens an echoing shell, there might be control
+characters in the welcome message.  @value{tramp} tries to suppress
+such echoes via the @code{stty -echo} command, but sometimes this
+command is not reached, because the echoed output has confused
+@value{tramp} already.  In such situations it might be helpful to use
+the @option{sshx} or @option{scpx} methods, which allocate a pseudo tty.
+@xref{Inline methods}.
+
+@item
 @value{tramp} doesn't transfer strings with more than 500 characters
 correctly