i'm using the exact same emacs client with the same user and the same .emacs file. i don't have any mention of vc-cvs-stay-local in my .emacs file, but as i said, it works for an openacs download but not a cvs "download" from a local repository. this is what i have in my .emacs file:
;; Use F1 to get man page help
(global-set-key [(f1)] (lambda () (interactive) (manual-entry (current-word))))
;; Supress the GNU startup message
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)
;; Turn off the menu bar
;;(menu-bar-mode -1)
;; Turn off the scroll bar
;;(scroll-bar-mode -1)
;; Make the buffer re-highlight when we recenter
(global-set-key "\C-\\" 'hilit-highlight-buffer)
(global-set-key "\C-l" 'recenter)
;; Get backspace key to work properly on many machines.
;;(setq term-setup-hook
;; '(lambda()
;; (setq keyboard-translate-table "\C-@\C-a\C-b\C-c\C-d\C-e\C-f\C-g\C-?")
;; (global-set-key "\M-h" 'help-for-help)))
;; No tabs-- use spaces when indenting (doesn't affect Makefiles,
;; does affect text files and code, doesn't affect existing tabs).
;; The use of setq-default means this only affects modes that don't
;; overwrite this setting.
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
;; make a shortcut for the goto-line function
;;(global-set-key [?\C-1] 'goto-line)
;;(add-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions 'shell-strip-ctrl-m)
;;(setq font-lock-maximum-decoration t)
;;(global-font-lock-mode t)
;; Set "Windows" GUI colors for emacs, including showing selection.
;; ; selection
;;(transient-mark-mode 1) ; show selections
;;(set-face-foreground 'region "white")
;;(set-face-background 'region "Navy")
; status bar
;;(set-face-foreground 'modeline "black") ; status bar
;;(set-face-background 'modeline "grey")
;;(set-background-color "white")(
;;set-foreground-color "black")
;;(set-face-foreground 'highlight "DarkGreen") ; hyperlink
;;(set-face-background 'highlight "white") ; hyperlink
;;(set-face-foreground 'font-lock-comment-face "DarkGreen")
;;(set-face-foreground 'font-lock-variable-name-face "Brown")
;;(set-face-foreground 'font-lock-string-face "DarkOrchid")
;;(set-face-foreground 'font-lock-keyword-face "blue")
;;(set-face-foreground 'font-lock-function-name-face "Navy")
;;(set-face-foreground 'font-lock-type-face "Red")
;;(custom-set-faces
;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
;; )
;;(global-set-key "\M-\C-m" 'unixify)
(custom-set-variables
;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
'(add-log-full-name "Matthew Geddert" t)
'(add-log-mailing-address "geddert@yahoo.com" t)
'(case-fold-search t)
'(coding-system-for-write (quote undecided-unix) t)
'(column-number-mode t)
'(current-language-environment "Latin-1")
'(default-buffer-file-coding-system (quote undecided-unix) t)
'(default-input-method "latin-1-prefix")
'(global-font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))
'(require-final-newline (quote ask))
'(transient-mark-mode t))
;; Red Hat Linux default .emacs initialization file
;; Are we running XEmacs or Emacs?
(defvar running-xemacs (string-match "XEmacs\\|Lucid" emacs-version))
;; Set up the keyboard so the delete key on both the regular keyboard
;; and the keypad delete the character under the cursor and to the right
;; under X, instead of the default, backspace behavior.
(global-set-key [delete] 'delete-char)
(global-set-key [kp-delete] 'delete-char)
;; Turn on font-lock mode for Emacs
(cond ((not running-xemacs)
(global-font-lock-mode t)
))
;;
;; Visual feedback on selections
(setq-default transient-mark-mode t)
;;
;;;; Always end a file with a newline
(setq require-final-newline t)
;;
;;;; Stop at the end of the file, not just add lines
(setq next-line-add-newlines nil)
;;
;;;; Enable wheelmouse support by default
(cond (window-system
(mwheel-install)
))
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