(Reverting): Auto-Revert mode and Global Auto-Revert mode no longer

revert remote files

diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 28942663664482cf1638e0482c0630d09ce5e55d..41c31c0ea6affdbf8301079cf01a77b62a6238c1 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-06-08  Luc Teirlinck  <teirllm@auburn.edu>
+
+       * files.texi (Reverting): Auto-Revert mode and
+       Global Auto-Revert mode no longer revert remote files.
+
 2004-06-05  Lars Hansen  <larsh@math.ku.dk>
 
        * dired-x.texi (variable dired-omit-mode): Rename from

diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
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--- a/man/files.texi
+++ b/man/files.texi
@@ -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