* reload modified files in buffer
@ 2010-12-14 6:55 Rajinder Yadav
2010-12-14 7:57 ` suvayu ali
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From: Rajinder Yadav @ 2010-12-14 6:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-help
How can I get emacs to automatically reload files in its buffer that
have been modified externally?
When editing a rails app, if I run a rails generate command, I don't
want to have to reload a file manually. Sometimes I start to edit a file
that is out of sync in the buffer and then get into a mess. I would like
this to happen transparently.
--
Kind Regards,
Rajinder Yadav | DevMentor.org | Do Good! ~ Share Freely
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Kubuntu x86_64 10.10 | KDE 4.5.1
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
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@ 2010-12-14 7:12 ` Sven Joachim
2010-12-15 15:42 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: Sven Joachim @ 2010-12-14 7:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On 2010-12-14 07:55 +0100, Rajinder Yadav wrote:
> How can I get emacs to automatically reload files in its buffer that
> have been modified externally?
Use global-auto-revert-mode.
> When editing a rails app, if I run a rails generate command, I don't
> want to have to reload a file manually. Sometimes I start to edit a
> file that is out of sync in the buffer and then get into a mess.
Doesn't Emacs warn you when you do this?
Sven
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-14 6:55 Rajinder Yadav
@ 2010-12-14 7:57 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-14 9:28 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-12-14 15:19 ` Andrea Crotti
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From: suvayu ali @ 2010-12-14 7:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rajinder Yadav; +Cc: emacs-help
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca@gmail.com> wrote:
> How can I get emacs to automatically reload files in its buffer that have
> been modified externally?
>
> When editing a rails app, if I run a rails generate command, I don't want to
> have to reload a file manually. Sometimes I start to edit a file that is out
> of sync in the buffer and then get into a mess. I would like this to happen
> transparently.
>
`M-x auto-revert-mode'
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-14 6:55 Rajinder Yadav
2010-12-14 7:57 ` suvayu ali
@ 2010-12-14 9:28 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-12-14 15:19 ` Andrea Crotti
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From: Deniz Dogan @ 2010-12-14 9:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rajinder Yadav; +Cc: emacs-help
2010/12/14 Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca@gmail.com>:
> How can I get emacs to automatically reload files in its buffer that have
> been modified externally?
>
> When editing a rails app, if I run a rails generate command, I don't want to
> have to reload a file manually. Sometimes I start to edit a file that is out
> of sync in the buffer and then get into a mess. I would like this to happen
> transparently.
>
If the buffer file has been modified, Emacs should warn you about
modifying it before it lets you. What version of Emacs are you using?
--
Deniz Dogan
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-14 6:55 Rajinder Yadav
2010-12-14 7:57 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-14 9:28 ` Deniz Dogan
@ 2010-12-14 15:19 ` Andrea Crotti
2010-12-15 15:43 ` suvayu ali
2 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread
From: Andrea Crotti @ 2010-12-14 15:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca@gmail.com> writes:
> How can I get emacs to automatically reload files in its buffer that
> have been modified externally?
>
> When editing a rails app, if I run a rails generate command, I don't
> want to have to reload a file manually. Sometimes I start to edit a
> file that is out of sync in the buffer and then get into a mess. I
> would like this to happen transparently.
I use this
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(defun is-git-file ()
"Return nil unless the file is in the git files"
(if
(member (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name)
(split-string (shell-command-to-string "git ls-files")))
(auto-revert-mode t)))
(add-hook 'find-file-hook 'is-git-file)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
to set files in auto-revert mode if they're part of a git repository.
Maybe you can adapt something like this to your needs.
Having everything in auto-revert mode might slow down too much...
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-14 7:12 ` reload modified files in buffer Sven Joachim
@ 2010-12-15 15:42 ` Peter Dyballa
2010-12-15 19:14 ` Andrea Crotti
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From: Peter Dyballa @ 2010-12-15 15:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sven Joachim; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 14.12.2010 um 08:12 schrieb Sven Joachim:
>> When editing a rails app, if I run a rails generate command, I don't
>> want to have to reload a file manually. Sometimes I start to edit a
>> file that is out of sync in the buffer and then get into a mess.
>
> Doesn't Emacs warn you when you do this?
It does! But wouldn't it be better GNU Emacs would reload the file
instead of warning/asking things?
--
Mit friedvollen Grüßen
Pete
Es macht schon Spaß, Leute zu hassen: Nie gehen die Ideen aus!
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-14 15:19 ` Andrea Crotti
@ 2010-12-15 15:43 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-15 16:58 ` Andrea Crotti
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From: suvayu ali @ 2010-12-15 15:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrea Crotti; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Hi Andrea,
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:19 AM, Andrea Crotti
<andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I use this
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (defun is-git-file ()
> "Return nil unless the file is in the git files"
> (if
> (member (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name)
> (split-string (shell-command-to-string "git ls-files")))
> (auto-revert-mode t)))
>
> (add-hook 'find-file-hook 'is-git-file)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> to set files in auto-revert mode if they're part of a git repository.
> Maybe you can adapt something like this to your needs.
> Having everything in auto-revert mode might slow down too much...
Any particular reason to write your own function? I simply use this,
(lambda ()
(if (vc-working-revision (buffer-file-name))
(auto-revert-mode t)))
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
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@ 2010-12-15 16:04 ` Sven Joachim
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From: Sven Joachim @ 2010-12-15 16:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On 2010-12-15 16:42 +0100, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Am 14.12.2010 um 08:12 schrieb Sven Joachim:
>
>>> When editing a rails app, if I run a rails generate command, I don't
>>> want to have to reload a file manually. Sometimes I start to edit a
>>> file that is out of sync in the buffer and then get into a mess.
>>
>> Doesn't Emacs warn you when you do this?
>
>
> It does! But wouldn't it be better GNU Emacs would reload the file
> instead of warning/asking things?
I would not appreciate if Emacs did that without asking first. And
reverting the buffer (= reloading the file) is among the offered options
in such a situation.
Cheers,
Sven
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-15 15:43 ` suvayu ali
@ 2010-12-15 16:58 ` Andrea Crotti
0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Andrea Crotti @ 2010-12-15 16:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:
> Any particular reason to write your own function? I simply use this,
>
> (lambda ()
> (if (vc-working-revision (buffer-file-name))
> (auto-revert-mode t)))
>
> --
> Suvayu
>
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.
One very good reason, I didn't know about it :D
I also looked for something like that but then I gave up, thanks it's
much more general like this...
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-15 15:42 ` Peter Dyballa
@ 2010-12-15 19:14 ` Andrea Crotti
2010-12-15 19:26 ` Peter Dyballa
2010-12-16 0:39 ` suvayu ali
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From: Andrea Crotti @ 2010-12-15 19:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
>
> It does! But wouldn't it be better GNU Emacs would reload the file
> instead of warning/asking things?
>
> --
> Mit friedvollen Grüßen
>
> Pete
>
> Es macht schon Spaß, Leute zu hassen: Nie gehen die Ideen aus!
not correct, what if you modified that file?
You would lose your modification without even knowing, not a very good idea...
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-15 19:14 ` Andrea Crotti
@ 2010-12-15 19:26 ` Peter Dyballa
2010-12-16 0:39 ` suvayu ali
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From: Peter Dyballa @ 2010-12-15 19:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrea Crotti; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 15.12.2010 um 20:14 schrieb Andrea Crotti:
> not correct, what if you modified that file?
Then it would ask whether to use diff-mode to see the differences I
made to the previous version and that to the new version.
--
Greetings
Pete
Only useless documentation transcends the first two laws.
– Arnold's Third Law of Documentation
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-15 19:14 ` Andrea Crotti
2010-12-15 19:26 ` Peter Dyballa
@ 2010-12-16 0:39 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-16 11:42 ` Rajinder Yadav
1 sibling, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread
From: suvayu ali @ 2010-12-16 0:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrea Crotti; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Andrea Crotti
<andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> wrote:
> Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
>
>>
>> It does! But wouldn't it be better GNU Emacs would reload the file
>> instead of warning/asking things?
>>
>
> not correct, what if you modified that file?
> You would lose your modification without even knowing, not a very good idea...
>
I think auto-revert-mode doesn't revert the buffer either if it has
been modified. I think that is a good thing, but then tastes may vary.
:)
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-16 0:39 ` suvayu ali
@ 2010-12-16 11:42 ` Rajinder Yadav
2010-12-16 16:32 ` PJ Weisberg
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From: Rajinder Yadav @ 2010-12-16 11:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On 10-12-15 07:39 PM, suvayu ali wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Andrea Crotti
> <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Peter Dyballa<Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
>>
>>>
>>> It does! But wouldn't it be better GNU Emacs would reload the file
>>> instead of warning/asking things?
>>>
>>
>> not correct, what if you modified that file?
>> You would lose your modification without even knowing, not a very good idea...
>>
>
> I think auto-revert-mode doesn't revert the buffer either if it has
> been modified. I think that is a good thing, but then tastes may vary.
> :)
>
it's good to know that auto-revert mode will not revert a modify buffer.
however afaik Emacs will not let you save a modified buffer if the file
has changed.
i like Peter's idea of Emacs having the ability to diff-merge a conflict
when you've modified a buffer and the file has changed.
Emacs should be smart enough to auto-reload a buffer if the file has
changed and the buffer has not been edited, this would be a welcomed
enhancement =)
--
Kind Regards,
Rajinder Yadav | DevMentor.org | Do Good! ~ Share Freely
GNU/Linux: 2.6.35-23-generic
Kubuntu x86_64 10.10 | KDE 4.5.1
Ruby 1.9.2p0 | Rails 3.0.3
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-16 11:42 ` Rajinder Yadav
@ 2010-12-16 16:32 ` PJ Weisberg
2010-12-16 18:08 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-17 23:09 ` Andrea Crotti
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From: PJ Weisberg @ 2010-12-16 16:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca@gmail.com> wrote:
> Emacs should be smart enough to auto-reload a buffer if the file has changed
> and the buffer has not been edited, this would be a welcomed enhancement =)
This would be annoying (to me) if it weren't off by default. Of
course, I could turn it off by default in my .emacs. But my point is,
you can enable this (and have it saved in your .emacs) by doing:
M-x customize-save-variable
global-auto-revert-mode
y
-PJ
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-16 11:42 ` Rajinder Yadav
2010-12-16 16:32 ` PJ Weisberg
@ 2010-12-16 18:08 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-17 23:09 ` Andrea Crotti
2 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: suvayu ali @ 2010-12-16 18:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rajinder Yadav; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca@gmail.com> wrote:
> Emacs should be smart enough to auto-reload a buffer if the file has changed
> and the buffer has not been edited, this would be a welcomed enhancement =)
It is, that is what auto-revert-mode does. But it is for the user to
turn on. I am a firm believer of each user customising there setup as
per their needs. Features should not be forced on anyone. If you have
a preference then customise. Emacs even has the wonderful "customize"
interface to help you with everything.
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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* Re: reload modified files in buffer
2010-12-16 11:42 ` Rajinder Yadav
2010-12-16 16:32 ` PJ Weisberg
2010-12-16 18:08 ` suvayu ali
@ 2010-12-17 23:09 ` Andrea Crotti
2 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Andrea Crotti @ 2010-12-17 23:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca@gmail.com> writes:
>
> it's good to know that auto-revert mode will not revert a modify
> buffer. however afaik Emacs will not let you save a modified buffer if
> the file has changed.
>
> i like Peter's idea of Emacs having the ability to diff-merge a
> conflict when you've modified a buffer and the file has changed.
>
> Emacs should be smart enough to auto-reload a buffer if the file has
> changed and the buffer has not been edited, this would be a welcomed
> enhancement =)
Try to enable globally auto-revert-mode and keep 200 buffers open on a
slow machine, you'll understand why is not a default ;)
I think is a good idea to be off by default, after all why do you need
to revert buffers so often?
For me it only happens when I push/pull with some revision control
systems...
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