bug#54606: 27.1; next/previous image command in image-mode triggers tramp connections for all remote dired buffers

[Phil Sainty]

On 2022-03-30 02:09, Michael Albinus wrote:
> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> > Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz> writes:
> > > That call to (file-truename default-directory) for each dired
> > > buffer can cause tramp to spin up for closed connections for
> > > entirely irrelevant dired buffers.
> >
> > Hm.  Would binding `non-essential' around that call fix the issue?
>
> That's my expectation. It's on my TODO to test, but I'm occupied yet.
> Hope to fix this later this week.

I've just tested with this, and it solves the immediate problem, but
it's slow.  In my test case it's taking ~2s to switch between images,
whereas it takes only a fraction of a second when I'm ignoring remote
dired buffers by adding (not (file-remote-p default-directory)) to
the conditions.

I have 15 remote dired buffers (about half of which are using multi-
hops), which isn't a small number but also isn't big, so I think that
`non-essential' seems inadequate here (unless this is significantly
more efficient in newer versions).


-Phil