The biggest problem being Emacs isn't just a text editor. If it were, most if not all of these problems would have been resolved already. It's very hard to make

The biggest problem being Emacs isn't just a text editor. If it were, most if not all of these problems would have been resolved already. It's very hard to make repairs to a working bridge while in service and carrying rush-hour traffic. There's just so much predictability counted on by everyone who uses it, there are really no simple solutions. I have to say though, external module(s) may be the way to go about it. For the curious : http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode