From: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: johnw@newartisans.com, theophilusx@gmail.com,
lennart.borgman@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
schwab@linux-m68k.org, stephen@xemacs.org
Subject: Re: Proposed patch: allow user to disable lockfile creation
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:29:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ipqksaxp.fsf@pluto.luannocracy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1QmwfO-0003wZ-Fv@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:40:30 -0400")
on Fri Jul 29 2011, Richard Stallman <rms-AT-gnu.org> wrote:
> It's actually more than that. The scheme is simultaneously
> over-cautious and yet full of holes.
>
> So what? It still does a very useful job, providing advance warning
> about simultaneous editing in many cases.
>
> It's predicated on the idea that
> everybody who might touch the file simultaneously is using Emacs,
>
> No such assumption is made, because Emacs does not depend on this
> feature to function every time.
>
> The advance warning feature functions if the other person uses Emacs.
> That's better than nothing.
>
> Furthermore, Emacs is perfectly capable of telling me when that has
> happened before I save... at least it seems to work pretty darned
> reliably.
>
> That is why the advance warning feature does not need to be 100%
> dependable. It is an added convenience. It is convenient to get the
> warning before you start editing, rather than only when you try to
> save the file.
I'm sure that depends on your perspective about what's convenient. The
advance warning feature may be convenient for you, but for me (and
apparently I'm not alone) it's a nuisance. My patch simply allows
people to turn this feature off if they have the same experience as I
do. Is there some reason it can't be accepted?
--
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-30 3:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-27 2:42 Proposed patch: allow user to disable lockfile creation Dave Abrahams
2011-07-27 15:32 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-07-27 16:25 ` Dave Abrahams
2011-07-27 18:56 ` John Wiegley
2011-07-28 1:57 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-07-28 16:46 ` Richard Stallman
2011-07-28 16:54 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-07-28 23:00 ` Richard Stallman
2011-07-29 0:12 ` Tim Cross
2011-07-29 0:51 ` Dave Abrahams
2011-07-29 23:40 ` Richard Stallman
2011-07-30 3:29 ` Dave Abrahams [this message]
2011-07-30 7:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-30 12:32 ` Dave Abrahams
2011-07-30 18:12 ` Richard Stallman
2011-07-31 2:13 ` Tim Cross
2011-07-29 23:40 ` Richard Stallman
2011-07-30 12:46 ` Dave Abrahams
2011-07-28 18:22 ` chad
2011-07-28 23:00 ` Richard Stallman
2011-07-28 19:21 ` Paul Eggert
2011-07-29 17:31 ` Richard Stallman
2011-07-29 19:59 ` David Kastrup
2011-07-30 4:35 ` Richard Stallman
2011-07-30 7:36 ` David Kastrup
2011-07-29 3:31 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-07-28 21:20 ` Evil Boris
2011-07-30 14:20 ` Daniel Colascione
2011-07-30 18:12 ` Richard Stallman
2011-07-31 2:22 ` Tim Cross
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