From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: lock mechanism like in desktop.el Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:38:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87r5v7lpzj.fsf@jidanni.org> <87tyzw12p0.fsf@uwo.ca> <871vmthodp.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk> <87ab1h7k0z.fsf_-_@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251679118 5841 80.91.229.12 (31 Aug 2009 00:38:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:38:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 31 02:38:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mhuuk-0007vZ-Ng for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:38:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37376 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mhuuk-0000Lg-4x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:38:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mhuud-0000La-Oa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:38:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MhuuY-0000LO-4o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:38:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47817 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MhuuX-0000LL-Ug for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:38:18 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:28871 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MhuuX-0006c5-JE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:38:17 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqYEAAu4mkpFpYuS/2dsb2JhbACBU9QRgjSBZgWHaA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,301,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="44563810" Original-Received: from 69-165-139-146.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.139.146]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 30 Aug 2009 20:37:13 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 756567F42; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:38:16 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:13:00 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:114887 Archived-At: >> We already have such functionality (lock-buffer, unlock-buffer, >> file-locked-p), or am I missing something? > They are unimplemented (and aliased to `ignore') on Windows. Then the answer should be to implement it for w32 rather than to devise a new scheme. Stefan