>>>>> "SM" == Stefan Monnier writes: SM> The patch below is supposed to change Emacs such that if the file's SM> timestamp has changed, but the contents is still the same, it doesn't SM> prompt the user about a supersession-threat. Stefan, what is the performance impact of this change, and how often will that cost be paid? And don't imagine "modern hardware, lots of memory", imagine that I'm on an old laptop on a plane, and every erg of CPU power I lose means time I can't spend coding while in flight. If Emacs is going to be checking the entire buffer contents against disk regularly, then I would prefer a customization option that makes it easy to revert back to the previous behavior (which has always been perfectly fine for me). Thanks, -- John Wiegley GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F http://newartisans.com 60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2