@findex auto-revert-mode
@findex auto-revert-tail-mode
@vindex auto-revert-interval
+@vindex auto-revert-remote-files
+@vindex auto-revert-verbose
You can also tell Emacs to revert buffers periodically. To do this
for a specific buffer, enable the minor mode Auto-Revert mode by
typing @kbd{M-x auto-revert-mode}. This automatically reverts the
the variable @code{auto-revert-interval}. To do the same for all file
buffers, type @kbd{M-x global-auto-revert-mode} to enable Global
Auto-Revert mode. These minor modes do not check or revert remote
-files, because that is usually too slow.
+files, because that is usually too slow. This behavior can be changed
+by setting the variable @code{auto-revert-remote-files} to non-@code{nil}.
One use of Auto-Revert mode is to ``tail'' a file such as a system
log, so that changes made to that file by other programs are
(@code{auto-revert-tail-mode}). It is more efficient for this.
Auto-Revert Tail mode works also for remote files.
+ When a buffer is auto-reverted, a message is generated. This can be
+suppressed by setting @code{auto-revert-verbose} to @code{nil}.
+
@xref{VC Undo}, for commands to revert to earlier versions of files
under version control. @xref{VC Mode Line}, for Auto Revert
peculiarities when visiting files under version control.
(defcustom auto-revert-verbose t
"When nil, Auto-Revert Mode does not generate any messages.
-When non-nil, a message is generated whenever a file is reverted."
+When non-nil, a message is generated whenever a buffer is reverted."
:group 'auto-revert
:type 'boolean)
buffer. When enabled, it reverts the buffer when the file on
disk changes.
+When a buffer is reverted, a message is generated. This can be
+suppressed by setting `auto-revert-verbose' to nil.
+
Use `global-auto-revert-mode' to automatically revert all buffers.
Use `auto-revert-tail-mode' if you know that the file will only grow
without being changed in the part that is already in the buffer."
you please. But make sure the background process has stopped
writing before you save the file!
+When a buffer is reverted, a message is generated. This can be
+suppressed by setting `auto-revert-verbose' to nil.
+
Use `auto-revert-mode' for changes other than appends!"
:group 'find-file :lighter auto-revert-tail-mode-text
(when auto-revert-tail-mode
matching `global-auto-revert-ignore-modes', and buffers with a
non-nil vale of `global-auto-revert-ignore-buffer'.
+When a buffer is reverted, a message is generated. This can be
+suppressed by setting `auto-revert-verbose' to nil.
+
This function calls the hook `global-auto-revert-mode-hook'.
It displays the text that `global-auto-revert-mode-text'
specifies in the mode line."