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: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:00:40 +0200 Message-ID: References: <6fa54e4e0909111554g4165418albbdffc142b3b52ee@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252710082 26634 80.91.229.12 (11 Sep 2009 23:01:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:01:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: joakim@verona.se, Emacs Development To: Antoine Levitt Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 12 01:01:15 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 1MmF7C-0001v6-IL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:01:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53162 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmF7C-0002LC-5c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:01:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmF74-0002K8-M1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:01:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmF6z-0002GM-NH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:01:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52908 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmF6z-0002G4-9C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:01:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com ([209.85.210.182]:43857) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MmF6y-0007zc-PE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:01:00 -0400 Original-Received: by yxe12 with SMTP id 12so2098289yxe.1 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:01:00 -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=JZMlUUV8jLMWrHzrvnRWIu4FzulWjV2IRyiRRlL8FQg=; b=jbwvM9SWME7+b2ViLOHhPKeQTcrBWH3lN51qJVdW+0YC80trUMHOxbBv532xHnLZc/ ttaQmP23LK1qtxZhAInbiBhTy/0XvnxaD6OeVcYA9lKdHNGvZ+jE0A5JnUiin9GBGCBm t9YIlVKZHnR8NpzXqLRLOtocCctSgSt8SOOHY= 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=fNPUNOFNsamDA/C3uwtY7sXJ1bYU9DzDIqwk3FTnVgGxL0Nlwfp1JI09nkUNc9w3+a ZcoS4FpBlOStjItrz5avLP2v3hmG1WCaPyVU+1YbKUzj7Z+QjEpe2DiWom8EO9B726Fc fP7pWken7qBJc6Ld9IQktPK3v4AOEAFGPC0ow= Original-Received: by 10.101.131.20 with SMTP id i20mr3916176ann.114.1252710060331; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:01:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6fa54e4e0909111554g4165418albbdffc142b3b52ee@mail.gmail.com> 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:115206 Archived-At: On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Antoine Levitt wrote: > I also think that would be a good idea. I would even argue that this would > be beneficial for other files too. Agreed. > Problems include : what to do if there is no notification system supported > in the OS, remote files, Just do as today. > and what would happen on very frequently modified > files (ie would I be able to view a log file without being flooded by > notifications). Is not this a case when you want notifications?