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From: "rgb" <rbielaws@i1.net>
Subject: Re: watching files
Date: 18 Nov 2005 10:58:10 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1132340290.687269.150080@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dlkjar$bgp$1@nx6.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE

> I would like to habe emacs check, when ever i reopen a buffer, if the
> correspondig file on disk has changed meanwile. Emacs shold ask me, if i
> want to relode the newer version.
> I thik this feater existsts, but i can't find the switch.

What version of Emacs are you using?  What platform?
You shouldn't need a switch.
IIRC that is the default behavior (unless the files are remote).
It could be your OS doesn't support the features Emacs uses to do this.

  reply	other threads:[~2005-11-18 18:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-18 12:55 watching files Andreas Seik
2005-11-18 18:58 ` rgb [this message]
2005-11-19 13:55 ` Anselm Helbig
2005-11-20 20:10   ` Andreas Seik
2005-11-21 19:32     ` John Russell
2005-11-21 22:05       ` Andreas Seik

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