From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12863: Annoying bug in revert-buffer Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:00:40 -0500 Message-ID: <2qlie83qxz.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <87d2zkl61y.fsf@Compaq.site.inet> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1352660512 3162 80.91.229.3 (11 Nov 2012 19:01:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:01:52 +0000 (UTC) To: 12863@debbugs.gnu.org, Cecil@decebal.nl Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 11 20:02:02 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TXcnC-00065X-Cc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:02:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32789 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TXcn2-0006t6-U4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:01:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38358) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TXcmx-0006pe-Fg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:01:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TXcmu-0007MW-DG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:01:47 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:51551) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TXcmu-0007MI-Ag for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:01:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TXcnD-0008Il-6Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:02:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:02:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12863 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12863-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12863.135266046631760 (code B ref 12863); Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:02:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12863) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Nov 2012 19:01:06 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33531 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TXcmH-0008GC-KK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:01:05 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:40149) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TXcmE-0008G4-Ja for 12863@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:01:03 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TXcls-0001n3-EX; Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:00:40 -0500 X-Spook: SRI supercomputer Waco, Texas Medco cryptanalysis ASPIC X-Ran: izvKo/#MX'APOqm"Xas+AS^G4TexvI>=HF-!iqV_fA9b&tX92=1mrCx58.o`}8hV2:2>gO X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <87d2zkl61y.fsf@Compaq.site.inet> (Cecil Westerhof's message of "Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:42:17 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:66772 Archived-At: Cecil Westerhof wrote: > I use revert-buffer on several log buffers. There is one annoying bug. > Sometimes Emacs sees that the buffer has changed and reloads it. But > when it changes in the same second again, the buffer is not reloaded > and you do not see the changes. First I thought it was a Windows > quirk, but now I have seen the same behaviour on Linux. (I am looking > more at log buffers I suppose.) Are you talking about auto-revert-mode? If so, C-h v auto-revert-interval (default 5 seconds). Otherwise, please tell us which version of Emacs this is.