Re: tramp (2.1.15); Too many buffers become remote

[David Abrahams]

At Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:56:55 +0100,
Michael Albinus wrote:
> 
> David Abrahams <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I keep finding buffers that don't really need any filesystem identity,
> > e.g. my Gnus or Wanderlust buffers, become associated with remote tramp
> > paths somehow, so reading mail suddenly needs an open connection to a
> > remote machine.  It's very frustrating, and I can't even figure out how
> > to re-associate these buffers with local paths when I discover the
> > problem.  Can you help?
> 
> I would try to change `default-directory' to a local path, it is a
> buffer local variable in the Gnus / Wanderlust buffers.
> 
> Looks to me like some checks are performed via `shell-command'. This
> checks `default-directory' for being remote, and if it is, Tramp is
> called.
> 
> Maybe you configure
> 
>   (setq debug-on-quit t)
> 
> If you are asked for a password, enter C-g and show the resulting
> backtrace. This might help us to find the culprit.

Hi Michael,

Thanks for getting back to me.  Normally it isn't asking me for
passwords at this point, since I've already made the connection for
some other buffers.  Any further ideas?

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