From: Luc Teirlinck Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:36:39 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers): Update docstring. X-Git-Tag: ttn-vms-21-2-B4~5719 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9ae0d84f5aa75e5682cd53e4cdf57e0f9c560bfc;p=emacs.git (global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers): Update docstring. --- diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog index 9479eb2aa0b..64b13c91a4f 100644 --- a/lisp/ChangeLog +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2004-06-18 Luc Teirlinck + + * autorevert.el (global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers): Update + docstring. + 2004-06-19 Daniel Pfeiffer * progmodes/compile.el (compilation-error-properties): Store one diff --git a/lisp/autorevert.el b/lisp/autorevert.el index 5cc57883110..c7a65a867e3 100644 --- a/lisp/autorevert.el +++ b/lisp/autorevert.el @@ -178,17 +178,13 @@ would only waste precious space." When non-nil, both file buffers and buffers with a custom `revert-buffer-function' and a `buffer-stale-function' are -reverted by Global Auto-Revert Mode. +reverted by Global Auto-Revert mode. These include the Buffer +List buffer, and Dired buffers showing complete local +directories. Dired buffers do not auto-revert as a result of +changes in subdirectories or in the contents, size, modes, etc., +of files. You may still sometimes want to revert them manually. -Use this option with care since it could lead to excessive reverts. -Note also that for some non-file buffers the check whether the -buffer needs updating may be imperfect, due to efficiency -considerations, and may not take all information listed in the -buffer into account. Hence, a non-nil value for this option does -not necessarily make manual updates useless for non-file buffers. - -To find out to which buffers this option currently applies, as -well as for further details, see Info node `(emacs-xtra)Autorevert'." +For more information, see Info node `(emacs-xtra)Autorevert'." :group 'auto-revert :type 'boolean :link '(info-link "(emacs-xtra)Autorevert"))