From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs inotify support? Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:14:25 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87hbv6gel6.fsf@gmail.com> <87iqfhbo6u.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87d45ozc63.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253294088 10311 80.91.229.12 (18 Sep 2009 17:14:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:14:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 18 19:14:41 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 1Moh2c-0001Wj-65 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:14:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55405 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Moh2b-0004AB-Jv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:14:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Moh2W-00049I-PX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:14:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Moh2S-00048G-RA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:14:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56622 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Moh2S-000487-NC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:14:28 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:6419 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Moh2R-0007ET-6o; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:14:27 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEALdcs0pLd/GK/2dsb2JhbACBUs4HhBsFh34 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,410,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="46074210" Original-Received: from 75-119-241-138.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.241.138]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 18 Sep 2009 13:14:26 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id EF57E801B; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:14:25 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87d45ozc63.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:10:12 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:115465 Archived-At: [ ...discussion about how to react to inotify in dired... ] While this discussion is interesting and worthwhile, it has no direct impact on whether or not Emacs would benefit from having inotify support. So to answer the original question: yes, I'd be interested to see a patch that adds support for inotify (and other similar facilities), as well as another patch that provides a layer on top that tries to abstract away the details specific to each alternative (inotify, dumb-polling, you name it...). Stefan