GNU bug report logs - #66697
30.0.50; [PATCH] desktop-save-mode with expiring remote buffers

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
Cc: 66697 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#66697: 30.0.50; [PATCH] desktop-save-mode with expiring remote buffers
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:41:01 +0300

> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:21:47 +0200
> From:  Manuel Giraud via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> I'm using desktop-save-mode and regularly open files via Tramp with a
> method that asks for a password and that would eventually expire.  By
> default 'desktop-files-not-to-save' is "\\(\\`/[^/:]*:\\|(ftp)\\'\\)" so
> I expect that those remote buffer are not saved by desktop-save.
> 
> When such a remote buffer is opened (but not displayed nor used), Emacs
> will keep asking me for this password and I find it annoying.

Could you please clarify when does Emacs prompt you for a password?
Is it when you restore desktop, save desktop, some other situation?

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