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| author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> | 2004-07-17 20:55:57 +0000 |
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| committer | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> | 2004-07-17 20:55:57 +0000 |
| commit | 2d677766573bcf9a4fd97c195d595383d99c7d9c (patch) | |
| tree | 608e4374ae24befd0dc05ad28625fcd9103919fa /lisp | |
| parent | 26503ad20330065c10629a61b79bcfa3bfb6fec3 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-2d677766573bcf9a4fd97c195d595383d99c7d9c.tar.gz | |
Describe `Auto Revert Tail Mode' in `Commentary' section.
(auto-revert-handler): Do not check `auto-revert-tail-mode' for
non-file buffers. We know it is nil.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/ChangeLog | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/autorevert.el | 12 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog index f508879cb01..1877f9c0281 100644 --- a/lisp/ChangeLog +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2004-07-17 Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> + + * autorevert.el: Describe `Auto Revert Tail Mode' in `Commentary' + section. + (auto-revert-handler): Do not check `auto-revert-tail-mode' for + non-file buffers. We know it is nil. + 2004-07-17 Kai Grossjohann <kai.grossjohann@gmx.net> Sync with Tramp 2.0.43. @@ -8,7 +15,7 @@ global lock. (tramp-sh-file-name-handler): Use them to implement the global lock. - + 2004-07-13 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> * net/tramp.el (all): Code cleanup. Change all `tramp-handle-xxx' @@ -36,7 +43,7 @@ * net/tramp-vc.el (all): Code cleanup. Change all `tramp-handle-xxx' calls to respective `xxx` calls. - + 2004-07-17 Jonathan Yavner <jyavner@member.fsf.org> * emacs-lisp/testcover.el: New category "potentially-1valued" for diff --git a/lisp/autorevert.el b/lisp/autorevert.el index 596c7ff8997..ef438eb4b97 100644 --- a/lisp/autorevert.el +++ b/lisp/autorevert.el @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ ;; ;; This package contains two minor modes: Global Auto-Revert Mode and ;; Auto-Revert Mode. Both modes automatically revert buffers -;; whenever the corresponding files have been changed on disk. +;; whenever the corresponding files have been changed on disk and the +;; buffer contains no unsaved changes. ;; ;; Auto-Revert Mode can be activated for individual buffers. Global ;; Auto-Revert Mode applies to all file buffers. (If the user option @@ -59,6 +60,13 @@ ;; Just put point at the end of the buffer and it will stay there. ;; These rules apply to file buffers. For non-file buffers, the ;; behavior may be mode dependent. +;; +;; While you can use Auto Revert Mode to tail a file, this package +;; contains a third minor mode, Auto Revert Tail Mode, which does so +;; more efficiently, as long as you are sure that the file will only +;; change by growing at the end. It only appends the new output, +;; instead of reverting the entire buffer. It does so even if the +;; buffer contains unsaved changes. (Because they will not be lost.) ;; Usage: ;; @@ -389,7 +397,7 @@ This is an internal function used by Auto-Revert Mode." (not (file-remote-p buffer-file-name)) (file-readable-p buffer-file-name) (not (verify-visited-file-modtime buffer))) - (and (or auto-revert-mode auto-revert-tail-mode + (and (or auto-revert-mode global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers) revert-buffer-function (boundp 'buffer-stale-function) |