Re: tramp (2.2.5-pre); Lingering default-directory causing damage

[Michael Albinus]

Dave Abrahams <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Dave,

>> But this would also alter other buffers, which are still useful (like
>> dired buffers etc). For those buffers, it would be fatal if
>> `default-directory' would have been faked.
>
> Deleting them would be bad in many circumstances, e.g. if they are Gnus
> buffers.

So we have a conflict, 'cause faking the default directory would also
hit buffers I do not want to change this way in my use case.

Wouldn't it be better to ask the Gnus folks to use a local default
directory for their buffers? Like this:

(let ((default-directory user-emacs-directory))
 ...)

Best regards, Michael.