From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: joakim@verona.se Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs inotify support? Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:38:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87hbv6gel6.fsf@gmail.com> <87iqfhbo6u.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87d45ozc63.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253299108 28070 80.91.229.12 (18 Sep 2009 18:38:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:38:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David Kastrup , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 18 20:38:21 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 1MoiLd-0002go-2s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:38:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58481 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoiLc-0007oO-79 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:38:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MoiLX-0007mu-4X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:38:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MoiLQ-0007hQ-Fl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:38:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35082 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoiLQ-0007hI-AV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:38:08 -0400 Original-Received: from proxy2.bredband.net ([195.54.101.72]:42475) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MoiLO-0006L8-D3; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:38:06 -0400 Original-Received: from iph1.telenor.se (195.54.127.132) by proxy2.bredband.net (7.3.140.3) id 4A8FF71400A886B6; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:38:04 +0200 X-SMTPAUTH-B2: joakvero X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AnNZAN9ws0pT44qWPGdsb2JhbACJYpElAQEBATe0GoQbBQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,411,1249250400"; d="scan'208";a="44952950" Original-Received: from ua-83-227-138-150.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO exodia) ([83.227.138.150]) by iph1.telenor.se with ESMTP; 18 Sep 2009 20:38:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (DIR-655.lan [192.168.200.113]) (authenticated bits=0) by exodia (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8IIc22q028456 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:38:02 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:14:25 -0400") 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:115467 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > [ ...discussion about how to react to inotify in dired... ] > > While this discussion is interesting and worthwhile, it has no direct > impact on whether or not Emacs would benefit from having > inotify support. > > So to answer the original question: yes, I'd be interested to see > a patch that adds support for inotify (and other similar facilities), as > well as another patch that provides a layer on top that tries to > abstract away the details specific to each alternative (inotify, > dumb-polling, you name it...). Thank you Stefan. > > Stefan > -- Joakim Verona