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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Remove all existing file notification watches from Emacs
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 12:34:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvilxxudxw.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ee8lhrra.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Sat, 16 Oct 2021 18:13:45 +0200")

> Oops, I meant
>
> diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi
> index e3dcd6c778..5323f5f9a1 100644
> --- a/doc/lispref/os.texi
> +++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi
> @@ -3232,6 +3232,10 @@ File Notifications
>
>  @deffn Command file-notify-rm-all-watches
>  Removes all existing file notification watches from Emacs.
> +
> +Use this command with caution, because it could have unexpected side
> +effects on packages relying on file watches.  It is intended mainly
> +for debugging purposes, or when Emacs has been stalled.
>  @end deffn
>
>  @defun file-notify-valid-p descriptor

Sounds fine to me, yes.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-16 16:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-16  7:14 Remove all existing file notification watches from Emacs Michael Albinus
2021-10-16  7:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-16  7:36   ` Michael Albinus
2021-10-16  7:48     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-16 13:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-16 13:30   ` Michael Albinus
2021-10-16 14:09     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-16 14:21       ` Michael Albinus
2021-10-16 16:13         ` Michael Albinus
2021-10-16 16:34           ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-10-16 14:32   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-16 14:35     ` Michael Albinus

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