Re: Tramp with global-auto-revert-mode.

[Luc Teirlinck]

My proposed patch had an obvious bug.  Here is a corrected version,
although we will probably need additional or different changes.

===File ~/auto-revert-diff==================================
*** autorevert.el       04 Apr 2004 19:50:59 -0500      1.29
--- autorevert.el       14 May 2004 00:12:18 -0500      
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*** 185,190 ****
--- 185,199 ----
    :group 'auto-revert
    :type 'boolean)
  
+ (defcustom global-auto-revert-remote-files nil
+   "When non-nil, Global Auto-Revert Mode reverts remote files.
+ Setting this non-nil can be dangerous.  If you have a slow
+ connection, or are not permanently on-line, freezes and other
+ problems can result."
+   :group 'auto-revert
+   :type 'boolean
+   :version "21.4")
+ 
  (defcustom global-auto-revert-ignore-modes '()
    "List of major modes Global Auto-Revert Mode should not check."
    :group 'auto-revert
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*** 311,316 ****
--- 320,328 ----
    (unless (buffer-modified-p)
      (let ((buffer (current-buffer)) revert eob eoblist)
        (or (and buffer-file-name
+              (or (not (file-remote-p buffer-file-name))
+                  auto-revert-mode
+                  global-auto-revert-remote-files)
               (file-readable-p buffer-file-name)
               (not (verify-visited-file-modtime buffer))
               (setq revert t))
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