Todd Goldfinger <goldf...@gmail.com> writes: Hi Todd,
> I ran 'emacs -Q -l /mnt/home/share/.emacs.d/init.el' followed by C-x > C-f '/-:|sudo::'. I see the following. It didn't touch my init.el. I guess you mean 'C-x C-f /-:|sudo::' (w/o typing the apostrophes) > Scan error: "Scan error", "Unbalanced parentheses 1 2" [3 times] > Scan error: "Scan error", "Unbalanced parentheses 3 4" > Scan error: "Scan error", "Unbalanced parentheses 1 4" [2 times] > Scan error: "Scan error", "Unbalanced parentheses 1 2" [15 times] > Scan error: "Scan error", "Unbalanced parentheses 3 4" > Scan error: "Scan error", "Unbalanced parentheses 1 4" [2 times] > Scan error: "Scan error", "Unbalanced parentheses 1 2" [12 times] > Scan error: "Scan error", "Unbalanced parentheses 3 4" > Scan error: "Scan error", "Unbalanced parentheses 1 4" [2 times] > Scan error: "Scan error", "Unbalanced parentheses 1 2" [9 times] > Setting ‘tramp-default-proxies-alist’ temporarily since "emacs -q" > would overwrite customizations [2 times] I assume your init.el is the one you have presented: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (require 'tramp) (setq tramp-default-method "ssh") (setq tramp-default-host "192.168.2.6") (setq tramp-save-ad-hoc-proxies t) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Does the same error happen if you *don't* set tramp-save-ad-hoc-proxies? Does the same error happen if you open 'C-x C-f /ssh:192.168.2.6|sudo::'? > Todd Best reagrds, Michael.