Re: Non file buffers and default-directory

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2023-04-21, at 10:01, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>
> Hi Marcin,
>
>> Nope.  I was too lazy to look for the reason (so thanks for finding that
>> out for me!), since it didn't happen very often, but it's /very/
>> frustrating when it happens - basically, I can't do anything and my
>> Emacs is blocked (especially if I TRAMPed to a machine in my office
>> I don't have access to at home, for instance).
>
> For this very use case, Tramp offers the commands tramp-rename-files and
> tramp-rename-these-files. See (info "(tramp) Renaming remote files")
>
> Yes, I know, almost nobody reads manuals. But perhaps you give it a try?

Well, you speak to one of the 10 people in the world who actually read
the Emacs manual.  (And that might be in binary.)

Joking aside, I should probably read TRAMP manual, too.  (I read the
Emacs one more than two decades ago, when I had much more time as
a student...)

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl