Re: Popup when buffer file is changed on disk

[Luc Teirlinck]

Sorry, I mistakenly used the word "file" where "buffer" was meant.
Of course, the option has nothing to do with modified buffers either,
but it is exactly the purpose of the patch to point this out.

"on user input" could be misinterpreted as meaning "after you modify
the buffer" and "checking files" could be misunderstood as implicitly
meaning to revert them, so the user could get the impression that if
he sets the option to nil, autorevert will even autorevert modified
buffers.  For instance, I had the impression that this was how Lennart
understood it, when he said that the option "did not work".

===File ~/autorevert-diff-b=================================
*** autorevert.el       29 Dec 2004 21:08:55 -0600      1.42
--- autorevert.el       06 Feb 2005 10:48:08 -0600      
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*** 150,156 ****
                 (auto-revert-set-timer))))

  (defcustom auto-revert-stop-on-user-input t
!   "When non-nil Auto-Revert Mode stops checking files on user input."
    :group 'auto-revert
    :type 'boolean)

--- 150,160 ----
                 (auto-revert-set-timer))))

  (defcustom auto-revert-stop-on-user-input t
!   "When non-nil Auto-Revert Mode stops checking files on user input.
! This prevents Auto Revert from interfering with your normal Emacs usage.
! This option controls when buffers are auto-reverted, not which buffers
! are auto-reverted.  Modified buffers are never auto-reverted,
! regardless of the value of this option."
    :group 'auto-revert
    :type 'boolean)

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