* global-auto-revert-mode and file time stamps
@ 2013-05-21 13:40 Timur Aydin
2013-05-21 18:17 ` Michael Albinus
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From: Timur Aydin @ 2013-05-21 13:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
Hi, I have sent this message to help-gnu-emacs, but I thought maybe
development list is better, because I am using a development version.
Here it goes:
When a file's timestamp has been changed, but the contents are still the
same, what should be the behavior of emacs be? With the emacs that I am
using (development version):
GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.6.3)
of 2013-05-01 on bonsai
It thinks the file is changed. Here is what I do:
- Open a file, edit it and then save.
- use the "touch" command to update the time stamp of this file.
- Wait way more than the auto revert interval (which is set to 5 seconds
in my case).
- Try to make a change to the buffer corresponding to this file.
At this point, emacs says that the file has changed and asks whether I
really want to edit it. I was expecting emacs to auto revert this buffer
and allow me to edit it without further questions. So my question is, am
I looking at a bug, or a feature?
--
Timur Aydin
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* Re: global-auto-revert-mode and file time stamps
2013-05-21 13:40 global-auto-revert-mode and file time stamps Timur Aydin
@ 2013-05-21 18:17 ` Michael Albinus
2013-05-22 14:50 ` Michael Albinus
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From: Michael Albinus @ 2013-05-21 18:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Timur Aydin; +Cc: emacs-devel
Timur Aydin <ta@taydin.org> writes:
> Hi,
Hi,
> At this point, emacs says that the file has changed and asks whether I
> really want to edit it. I was expecting emacs to auto revert this buffer
> and allow me to edit it without further questions. So my question is, am
> I looking at a bug, or a feature?
I could reproduce the problem. I will check tomorrow what's up. Likely,
it is because the new file change notification mechanism introduced with
Emacs 24.3.50.
Best regards, Michael.
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