On 2 Jan 2018, 9:23 PM +0800, Michael Albinus , wrote: Sounds possible. However, I would make it optional. Some people might dislike this feature, invisible under the hood. And the timeout of 100ms might vary depending on the filesystem the supervised file is located on. In case of remote files, this will be too short I fear. I will put it in my TODO. If time permits, I'll work on this, if nobody beats me. Saying this, it might be better if you send this proposal via "M-x report-emacs-bug". I will convert this into a wishlist item, and it is much more likely to be found by other people than on my private TODO list. Best regards, Michael. Thank you for your attention and your work. My English is poor. I’m afraid I can’t discribe it clearly. Maybe someone else can do it?