From: Michael Albinus Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:35:21 +0000 (+0200) Subject: * NEWS: Emacs can be compiled with file notification support via the X-Git-Tag: emacs-24.3.90~173^2^2~42^2~45^2~387^2~2026^2~85^2~11 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2f23b3ab02d48e972fbce7f4a38527e07c651aa0;p=emacs.git * NEWS: Emacs can be compiled with file notification support via the configure option `--with-file-notification=LIB'. `glib', `inotify' and `w32' are supported. --- diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index bb66faa183c..45a3632f5c9 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ This happens by default if a suitable support library is found at build time, like libacl on GNU/Linux. To prevent this, use the configure option `--disable-acl'. +** Emacs can be compiled with file notification support. +The configure option `--with-file-notification=LIB' enables file +notification support in Emacs. This option's value should be `yes', +`no', `gfile', `inotify' or `w32'. `yes' is a synonym for `w32' on +MS-Windows, and for `gfile' otherwise. The default value is `yes'. + ** The configure option --with-crt-dir has been removed. It is no longer needed, as the crt*.o files are no longer linked specially. @@ -444,8 +450,9 @@ The few hooks that used with-wrapper-hook are replaced as follows: ** Support for filesystem notifications. Emacs now supports notifications of filesystem changes, such as creation, modification, and deletion of files. This requires the -'inotify' API on GNU/Linux systems. On MS-Windows systems, this is -supported for Windows XP and newer versions. +`glib' API, or the 'inotify' API (on GNU/Linux systems only). On +MS-Windows systems, this is supported for Windows XP and newer +versions. ** Changes in autorevert.el