Re: Proposed patch: allow user to disable lockfile creation

[John Wiegley]

Dave Abrahams <address@hidden> writes:

> On the other hand, I never collaboratively edit the same file as someone
> else, and I use global-auto-revert-mode so that if I'm doing it in two
> different emacs sessions, they stay in synch or I'm warned.
>
> For me, the lockfiles offer no benefits and significant drawbacks.

I concur.  This is an annonying feature which has never once made any
difference to me.  I've been wanting a way to disable it for months now.

John