> In my case, the answer is that editing files is only part of what I do
> remotely. I keep an ssh window open on the remote host anyway; it
> makes little sense to then use a *local* invocation of emacs to open a
> remote file (with the corresponding overhead of transfer protocols,
> mimencode and all that jazz).

> Conceptually, too, it's cleaner if each of my (color-coded) text
> windows is acting on a single host.

> TRAMP sounds terrific, but it seems to be meant for a different sort
> of workflow.