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Re: [PATCH] elisp manual patch: add to file notification documentation
From: |
Yoni Rabkin |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] elisp manual patch: add to file notification documentation |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:18:53 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
> Yoni Rabkin <yoni@rabkins.net> writes:
>
>> The following elisp manual documentation patch explains to the user how
>> to check if their emacs was compiled with file notification support.
>
> If this is supposed to be user-facing, shouldn't it be renamed to
> `file-notify-library'?
Is the content of the elisp manual supposed to be user-facing? I guess
it depends on how you all define that term.
When I wrote "user" above, I was referring to the "user" of the elisp
manual, who is a person writing elisp.
>> diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi
>> index 3e16ac0..2546074 100644
>> --- a/doc/lispref/os.texi
>> +++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi
>> @@ -3146,6 +3146,10 @@ respective library like @file{inotify}, @file{kqueue},
>> @file{gfilenotify}, or @file{w32notify} statically. These libraries
>> enable watching of filesystems on the local machine.
>>
>> +The variable @var{file-notify--library} is non-nil when Emacs has been
>> +compiled with file notification support, and value is the name of the
>> +low-level file notification package to be used for local file systems.
>> +
>> It is also possible to watch filesystems on remote machines,
>> @pxref{Remote Files,, Remote Files, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
>> This does not depend on one of the libraries linked to Emacs.
>
--
"Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"
- Re: [PATCH] elisp manual patch: add to file notification documentation, (continued)
- Re: [PATCH] elisp manual patch: add to file notification documentation, Stefan Kangas, 2022/12/12
- Re: [PATCH] elisp manual patch: add to file notification documentation, Stefan Monnier, 2022/12/13
- Re: [PATCH] elisp manual patch: add to file notification documentation, Michael Albinus, 2022/12/13
- Re: [PATCH] elisp manual patch: add to file notification documentation, Stefan Kangas, 2022/12/13
- Re: [PATCH] elisp manual patch: add to file notification documentation, Michael Albinus, 2022/12/13
Re: [PATCH] elisp manual patch: add to file notification documentation,
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