Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk

[David Kastrup]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     What about the following?
>
>     (defcustom auto-revert-stop-on-user-input t
>       "When non-nil, user input temporarily interrupts Auto-Revert Mode.
>     More precisely, Auto-Revert Mode checks for user input after
>     handling each buffer and does not process any further
>     buffers (until the next run of the timer) if user input is
>     available.  When nil, Auto-Revert Mode checks files and reverts
>     buffers, with quitting disabled, without paying attention to user
>     input.  Thus, Emacs could appear to be hung for a while."
>
> It seems clear to me.

Well, Eli suggested "sluggish" instead of the negatively connotated
"hung" (which usually is used for a terminal error condition), but I
think that is misleading.  I'd suggest using something like "Thus,
Emacs might be non-responsive at times."  Something like that.

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