From 8c4a54e2a39410c1d64764f88a3b16c5aff7e75b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Romain Francoise Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:20:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add entry for write-region-inhibit-fsync. --- etc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ etc/NEWS | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog index 70c90e122c7..bcd49751247 100644 --- a/etc/ChangeLog +++ b/etc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-09-14 Romain Francoise + + * NEWS: Add entry for write-region-inhibit-fsync. + 2005-09-09 Kevin Ryde * MORE.STUFF: Update url for calculator.el. diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index f47b237fa8c..cd7d9ddf2e0 100644 --- 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. -- 2.39.2