From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs inotify support? Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:28:11 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252704531 12463 80.91.229.12 (11 Sep 2009 21:28:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:28:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Development To: joakim@verona.se Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 11 23:28:44 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MmDff-0002VK-KF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:28:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37390 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmDfe-0003Hj-TI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:28:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmDfY-0003GT-Gj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:28:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmDfU-0003Aj-NR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:28:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41647 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmDfU-0003Ag-Ho for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:28:32 -0400 Original-Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.251]:25385) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MmDfU-0001dK-7v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:28:32 -0400 Original-Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b6so600800ana.21 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:28:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=uEFXgAOAKn1BXsLmtYL0yUBCQi/Gw6xX2sdZzfpI2ow=; b=C87xNtbb4R9vfZM+MCLUvBYbM7oGjcNs+hNCof98U3OsJUqkSGorIdawDI84Aq52IK Sfiw1/6LFeL3lTQ+oeuAIDR/fbFkUwuKce0rYwt2nqvUgT9RqlXD9tegq7oQy5h+idoI OgtFkGollkP4xSIgUFFxzWEIogj0jYjsnH64o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=WKL3wf6Ov1F3/0+Qt7iKcT/pGkuLTjkZElvpkwVbGKGtq7JriIk1vgq9Z9AhnH6Mwt O041Jh8sstyRuChe0x/59KEiJlBcaMjxUalI2tm7xksZPaAxoO6N8x80rDS4dtC4jrTM i7axXYrXdDfH2onl4esfPhf4OkNWAhULZh6xY= Original-Received: by 10.101.90.12 with SMTP id s12mr3806386anl.77.1252704511099; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:28:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115204 Archived-At: On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:34 PM, wrote: > It would be useful with inotify support in Emacs to for example enhance > dired. When a directory being monitored by dired changes, dired could be > notified and refresh the view automatically. W32 has a similar feature. > > My personal use-case would be for image dired to automatically update > when new images arrive from a scanner with an automatic document feeder. > > WDYT? I think it would be a good idea. I asked for it some years ago.