From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: inotify for emacs Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:33:01 +0100 Message-ID: <87bp3vv5ki.fsf@gmx.de> References: <6a80fd51-f4e2-426c-a82a-82234e45249b@29g2000prb.googlegroups.com> <8762u3bwws.fsf@puma.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1294234419 4942 80.91.229.12 (5 Jan 2011 13:33:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 13:33:39 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 05 14:33:35 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PaTUc-0002wy-Gq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:33:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51054 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PaTUb-000688-TN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:33:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33940 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PaTUG-00064C-Kg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:33:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PaTUD-00005T-Vi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:33:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:49724 helo=mail.gmx.net) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PaTUD-0008Vp-J8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:33:09 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 05 Jan 2011 13:33:06 -0000 Original-Received: from p57BBD4DA.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO detlef.gmx.de) [87.187.212.218] by mail.gmx.net (mp008) with SMTP; 05 Jan 2011 14:33:06 +0100 X-Authenticated: #3708877 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18UsglYmbsUJsKC2jDAeScNuWT2RtSqCPEo/5s1V3 NAzPMFTYa5/Yc9 In-Reply-To: <8762u3bwws.fsf@puma.rapttech.com.au> (Tim X.'s message of "Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:02:43 +1100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:78212 Archived-At: Tim X writes: > rusi writes: > >> Is there anything like inotify for emacs? > > Not directly AFAIK. However, emacs 24 does have support for interfacing > with dbus and there are dbus file/directory watcher services that use > inotify, so you may be able to do something via dbus. D-Bus support is available since Emacs 23.1. Just for the records ... > Tim Best regards, Michael.