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24.3; remote files not saved/restored to desktop-save

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Message #23 received at 23976 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ken <cousin <at> newcultures.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 23976 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23976: 24.3; remote files not saved/restored to desktop-save
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:43:08 -0400

On 07/14/2016 11:23 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: ken <cousin <at> newcultures.com>
>> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 21:19:29 -0400
>> Cc: 23976 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> On 07/13/2016 04:31 PM, Glenn Morris wrote:
>>> ken wrote:
>>>
>>> [desktop does not restore remote files]
>>>
>>> By design. Customize desktop-files-not-to-save (before saving desktop)
>>> to change this.
>>>
>>
>> Went to that Customize Option, set it to None.  Saved for both session
>> and future.
>>
>> Did M-x desktop-save (answered directory prompt: ~/,emacs.d).
>>
>> None of the currently opened files were listed in ~/,emacs.d/.emacs.desktop
>
> If you did that in Emacs 24.3, the result is expected, as setting
> desktop-files-not-to-save to nil (a.k.a. "None") was known to be
> broken there.  Emacs 24.4 fixed that.  In Emacs 24.3, set the variable
> to some pattern that will never match any of your files, then I think
> it will work for you.
>

Thanks, Eli.  That worked.  Even remote files now appear in 
~/.emacs.d/.emacs.desktop !!

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