From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: reverting non-file buffers in earlier Emacs versions. Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:03:45 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200501250126.j0P1Q4907054@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1106698676 1152 80.91.229.6 (26 Jan 2005 00:17:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:17:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 26 01:17:47 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CtasV-0002E9-00 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:17:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ctb4n-0003Ur-5m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:30:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ctb2l-0002rA-Ki for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:28:24 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ctb2h-0002pJ-5i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:28:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ctb2e-0002gO-3e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:28:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Ctagq-00022b-65 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:05:44 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Ctaev-0002nn-N6; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:03:45 -0500 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-reply-to: <200501250126.j0P1Q4907054@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:26:04 -0600 (CST)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:32553 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32553 Mentioning this in emacs-xtra.texi could be useful if it is done in a slightly different way: + This chapter describes the behavior in Emacs versions 21.4 or later. It is redundant to say so here. Everything in this manual that comes with Emacs 21.4 will describe something about Emacs version 21.4. + In earlier versions, auto-reverting of non-file buffers, while + possible, could cause several problems such as excessive reverts, + excessive noisiness, inappropriate point movement and the like. It is useful to say that. "In earlier versions" could be replaced with "In Emacs versions before 21.4". The change in autorevert.el is unnecessary. Anyone who sees that doc string will see it in Emacs 21.4 only.