From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16400: 24.3.50; [PATCH] Add menu entry for Global Auto Revert mode Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:38:13 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87k3earixe.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389623961 11012 80.91.229.3 (13 Jan 2014 14:39:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:39:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16400@debbugs.gnu.org To: Matthias Meulien Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 13 15:39:26 2014 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 1W2ifg-0006w8-Tq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:39:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42958 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W2ifg-0006py-HU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:39:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54123) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W2ifV-0006po-TW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:39:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W2ifO-0006NK-Jc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:39:09 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34638) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W2ifO-0006NG-G0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:39:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W2ifO-0005of-1H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:39:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:39:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16400 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 16400-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16400.138962389822288 (code B ref 16400); Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:39:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16400) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jan 2014 14:38:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48651 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W2ieg-0005nP-25 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:38:18 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:61966) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W2iec-0005nF-Lx for 16400@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:38:15 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABK/CFFMCoyj/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCwsOJhIUGA0QAROIHgbBLZEKA4hhnBmBXoMV X-IPAS-Result: Av8EABK/CFFMCoyj/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCwsOJhIUGA0QAROIHgbBLZEKA4hhnBmBXoMV X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="44823169" Original-Received: from 76-10-140-163.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.140.163]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 13 Jan 2014 09:38:13 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 82BEF60592; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:38:13 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Matthias Meulien's message of "Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:52:42 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.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:83402 Archived-At: >> and how well it works when you have a couple hundred file buffers. > I have turned it on years ago and never sees any problem (working with > 24.3.1 on Windows and Linux). Does your usage pattern make your Emacs sessions grow to include many open files (not necessarily displayed), like more than a hundred? > That said, one can customize `global-auto-revert-mode' to turn that mode > on; So don't waste time with that patch. I'm curious, because I assumed that global-auto-revert-mode would be impractical for "serious" use because it makes Emacs poll the freshness of every buffer's file repeatedly, which could lead to occasional "short freezes" and other annoying performance artifacts. Stefan