Re: How to get asynchronous notifications from Emacs ?

[David Soulayrol <dsoulayrol@free.fr>]

Le Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:16:33 -0500, Matthew Flaschen a écrit:

> David Soulayrol wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm looking for a way to obtain asynchronous notifications
>> of emacs actions, like: buffer was closed, displayed buffer has changed,
>> and so on.
> 
> Emacs has hooks for many actions.  For example, kill-buffer-hook is run
> when a buffer is closed.  Run C-h f on kill-buffer-hook and add-hook,
> and C-h v on after-change-functions.  See also
> http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/elisp-manual-21/elisp_540.html and
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Hooks.html .

I knew the principles in Emacs, but thanks a lot for this introduction.

So I assume you are not aware of a tool which could be the companion of
gnuserv for my needs ? I'll try to write this down.

> Remember, emacs can do anything if you ask nicely enough.  Theoretical
> limitations do not exist as with other programs. ;)

But it doesn't have a kitchen sink.


> Matthew Flaschen

Thanks.

David.