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I run Emacs 27.1 in a Windows 10 environment, and I use tramp via plinkx for remote editing. I don't have diff installed locally, and I don't have the privileges to do it, so I'd like to avail of the one installed in the linux server. I put into my init.el

(require 'tramp)
(add-to-list 'tramp-remote-path 'tramp-own-remote-path)

But when I try to compare two buffers I get:

(file-missing "Searching for program" #("No such file or directory" 0 25 (charset windows-1252)) "diff")
call-process("diff" nil #<buffer *ediff-diff*> nil "--binary" "c:/Users/giglida/AppData/Local/Temp/1/responsabile..." "c:/Users/giglida/AppData/Local/Temp/1/responsabile...")
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command-execute(execute-extended-command)

Why does it insist in searching for diff locally?

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call-process runs local processes. For remote processes, you must use process-file instead.

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  • I'm reading the documentation but it's really puzzling. I suppose I have to create an exception for the program diff only.
    – Daniele
    Oct 29, 2021 at 9:07
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    If you want to call a program either local or remote, you can always use process-file. It supports both cases. If you need a guarantee that the program is called locally only, use call-process.
    – Michael Albinus
    Oct 29, 2021 at 11:53
  • Dear Michael sorry if I bother you againg but my problem is that the program is invoked via ediff as a frontend, so I cannot figure out where to insert my customization.
    – Daniele
    Nov 8, 2021 at 10:42
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    ediff shall be aware of remote processes. Hard to debug via stackexchange, I recommend to contact the Tramp team via tramp-devel@gnu.org.
    – Michael Albinus
    Nov 8, 2021 at 15:01

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