Re: [PATCH] elisp manual patch: add to file notification documentation

[Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>]

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

>> The following elisp manual documentation patch explains to the user how
>> to check if their emacs was compiled with file notification support.
>
> If this is supposed to be user-facing, shouldn't it be renamed to
> `file-notify-library'?
>
>> +The variable @var{file-notify--library} is non-nil when Emacs has been
>> +compiled with file notification support, and value is the name of the
>> +low-level file notification package to be used for local file systems.

It isn't a variable but a constant. And no, it isn't designed to be
public.

Is this needed to be exposed? file-notify-add-watch returns an error, if
Emacs hasn't been compiled with file notification.

Best regards, Michael.