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authorLuc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>2004-06-09 03:05:07 +0000
committerLuc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>2004-06-09 03:05:07 +0000
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(Reverting): Auto-Revert mode and Global Auto-Revert mode no longer
revert remote files
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@@ -894,8 +894,9 @@ they change. Two minor modes are available to do this. In Global
Auto-Revert mode, Emacs periodically checks all file buffers and
reverts any when the corresponding file has changed. The local
variant, Auto-Revert mode, applies only to buffers in which it was
-activated. Checking the files is done at intervals determined by the
-variable @code{auto-revert-interval}.
+activated. The variable @code{auto-revert-interval} controls how
+often to check for a changed file. Since checking a remote file is
+too slow, these modes do not check or revert remote files.
@node Auto Save
@section Auto-Saving: Protection Against Disasters