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bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification
From: |
Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification |
Date: |
Sat, 04 May 2019 18:53:07 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org> writes:
Hi Mattias,
> + By default, Auto Revert mode will poll files for changes
> +periodically even when file notifications are used. Polling is
> +unnecessary in many cases, and turning it off may save power by
> +relying on notifications only. To do so, set the variable
> @code{auto-revert-avoid-polling} to non-@code{nil}. However,
> notification is ineffective on certain file systems; mainly network
> file system on Unix-like machines, where files can be altered from
> +other machines. For such file systems, polling may be necessary.
Maybe we could also add the other major reason why polling is necessary:
file notification is not supported for all types of remote file systems
(Tramp).
Best regards, Michael.
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, (continued)
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Mattias Engdegård, 2019/05/01
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Michael Albinus, 2019/05/02
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/05/03
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Mattias Engdegård, 2019/05/03
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/05/04
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Mattias Engdegård, 2019/05/04
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/05/04
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification,
Michael Albinus <=
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/05/04
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Mattias Engdegård, 2019/05/04
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Michael Albinus, 2019/05/04
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Michael Albinus, 2019/05/04
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Mattias Engdegård, 2019/05/04
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Michael Albinus, 2019/05/05
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Mattias Engdegård, 2019/05/05
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Mattias Engdegård, 2019/05/08
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/05/08
- bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification, Mattias Engdegård, 2019/05/08