From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Non file buffers and default-directory Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:12:30 +0200 Message-ID: <87a5z580o1.fsf@dataswamp.org> References: <87edohf3ip.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7588"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:K055N54JcnF4GnOs7UwRIZra6Yk= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 19 13:15:43 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pp5mp-0001nR-4V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:15:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pp5m4-0002lN-MT; Wed, 19 Apr 2023 07:14:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1poqkq-0002iF-CI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:12:41 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1poqko-0001Xp-Nr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:12:40 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1poqkm-0006D0-HG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:12:36 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 07:14:55 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:143303 Archived-At: Manuel Giraud via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > Whenever Emacs creates a non file buffer (for instance with > 'M-x man'), it sets its default-directory from the one of > the buffer you are into. Most of the time, I don't think it > matters but for remote buffers. > > A remote default-directory could go "disconnected" (e.g. > lost of ssh after moving network, end of credential after > a timeout for sudo...) In this case, I use > 'tramp-cleanup-all-connections' but this will also close any > *Man* buffers with this default-directory. Interesting, why do you do `tramp-cleanup-all-connections'? Anyway, when I do M-x man RET man RET and then M-x tramp-cleanup-all-connections RET the man buffer is still there. Sounds like maybe you are doing the man page view in a remote shell? Otherwise, I don't see why those should be related ... -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal