Re: File watch support in autorevert.el

[Michael Albinus]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> I was thinking about, but I have no idea on performance issues when
>> notifications come in from all files in a large directory.
>
> How is this different from receiving a lot of output from a
> subprocess?  Emacs already copes with that, and file notifications use
> the same mechanisms as process output reception.  So I wouldn't worry
> about that.

OK, I'll check. I will also try to get performance figures on large
directories with a lot of notifications.

What I fear a little bit is the remote file case, which I also have in
mind. Will test this as well.

Best regards, Michael.