Add entry for write-region-inhibit-fsync.

diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index 70c90e122c790703dff8773b11311f6fc85d6897..bcd49751247bb3c3155b6eca5e4610a676e99e1d 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-09-14  Romain Francoise  <romain@orebokech.com>
+
+       * NEWS: Add entry for write-region-inhibit-fsync.
+
 2005-09-09  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>
 
        * MORE.STUFF: Update url for calculator.el.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index f47b237fa8cb4eaf240abae792aad599ef121d45..cd7d9ddf2e0c9a75d022c8c8e1e7325164a1db90 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -617,6 +617,12 @@ supplied.  This behavior is analogous to `write-file'.
 controls whether or not the function `make-auto-save-file-name' will
 attempt to construct a unique auto-save name (e.g. for remote files).
 
++++
+*** The new option `write-region-inhibit-fsync' disables calls to fsync
+in `write-region'.  This can be useful on laptops to avoid spinning up
+the hard drive upon each file save.  Enabling this variable may result
+in data loss, use with care.
+
 +++
 *** If the user visits a file larger than `large-file-warning-threshold',
 Emacs asks for confirmation.