Re: Why does emacs lack non-tramp tools to find files as sudo?

Madhu via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.help
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* Jean Louis <[email protected]> :
Wrote on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:54:56 +0300:

> On 2026-04-08 10:26, BP25 wrote:
>> Emacs is the most complete and modern editor out there. How can it
>> lack "innate" (non tramp) facilities to edit files as superuser?
>
> You're correct. Emacs has no built-in, non-Tramp way to edit a file as
> superuser with a simple command like M-x sudo-find-file or C-c C-s
> /etc/hosts.

There is this:
 tramp-dired-find-file-with-sudo

it has a default binding causes a lot of problems for me but i haven't
 gotten around to disabling it.
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