From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mark Skilbeck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to configure dired to update instantly when files/folders change? Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:18:29 +0000 Message-ID: <20130315121829.GC21718@earth> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1363349933 19521 80.91.229.3 (15 Mar 2013 12:18:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:18:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Help To: Andrew Pennebaker Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 15 13:19:15 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UGTbN-0002lR-8R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:19:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36125 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGTb0-00017D-Jr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:18:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47597) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGTam-00016Q-5w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:18:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGTah-0002JW-Ph for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:18:36 -0400 Original-Received: from li357-97.members.linode.com ([178.79.188.97]:50700 helo=mail.iammark.us) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGTah-0002JL-JX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:18:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.iammark.us (host86-177-244-9.range86-177.btcentralplus.com [86.177.244.9]) by mail.iammark.us (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2EA36AEE5; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:18:30 +0000 (GMT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 178.79.188.97 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:89541 Archived-At: On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 08:00:35AM -0400, Andrew Pennebaker wrote: > Sometimes I launch dired, then rename a file, or add a new file, and dired > doesn't see the changes until I relaunch Emacs. Is there a way to configure > dired to refresh itself more quickly, either through polling or file system > hooks? > > -- > Cheers, > > Andrew Pennebaker > www.yellosoft.us I just tested using auto-revert-mode for dired buffers and it worked. - mgsk