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

[Michael Albinus]

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.

> Thanks,

Best regards, Michael.