From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Proposed patch: allow user to disable lockfile creation Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:56:47 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1311793021 5030 80.91.229.12 (27 Jul 2011 18:57:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:57:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Andreas Schwab , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dave Abrahams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 27 20:56:57 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qm9Hr-0003KG-Db for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:56:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55931 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qm9Hq-00027f-Pd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:56:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:41967) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qm9Ho-00027S-6F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:56:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qm9Hn-0006px-1f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:56:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-iy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.210.169]:45856) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qm9Hm-0006pk-Rp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:56:51 -0400 Original-Received: by iyb14 with SMTP id 14so2552739iyb.0 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:56:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=oop7vorn4f/ElSdsFWa2Fsw//OCJEXt9ZLOjHLtAv+M=; b=AZkoAW8DoIJIxAvVkOBD2wpqhgpMblPOVTok5DJxW9vqHdkLv7em+jYjqwPiwJrJKk vKFW3sO1N8BD7qPHO8SKiC42CJwUA0HbSg7BgmIXUc8ivoPCVCkaPqwVfXlg7UrEugKZ R2q5LSY2AWztM4fae+DHJBOzMSAuDJhRcrI/4= Original-Received: by 10.231.119.27 with SMTP id x27mr131182ibq.6.1311793009564; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:56:49 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from vulcan.localhost (c-98-215-105-167.hsd1.il.comcast.net [98.215.105.167]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z18sm97493ibf.52.2011.07.27.11.56.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:56:48 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by vulcan.localhost (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7A113BDBCCC; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:56:47 -0500 (CDT) In-Reply-To: (Dave Abrahams's message of "Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:25:10 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/23.3 (darwin) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.210.169 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:142406 Archived-At: Dave Abrahams writes: > On the other hand, I never collaboratively edit the same file as someone > else, and I use global-auto-revert-mode so that if I'm doing it in two > different emacs sessions, they stay in synch or I'm warned. > > For me, the lockfiles offer no benefits and significant drawbacks. I concur. This is an annonying feature which has never once made any difference to me. I've been wanting a way to disable it for months now. John