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25.0.50; Auto revert mode appears to be non-functional

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Message #14 received at 20280 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: "Christopher Carpenter" <mordocai <at> mordocai.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 20280 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20280: 25.0.50; Auto revert mode appears to be non-functional
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 23:27:47 +0200

"Christopher Carpenter" <mordocai <at> mordocai.net> writes:

> Alright, got this to reproduce with emacs -Q
>
> M-x wasn't working for me in emacs -Q on Mac so I had to be a bit inventive.
>
> I'm guessing it is a darwin specific issue like you said.
>
> Exact steps for me:
>
> Start with emacs -Q
>
> Put: (global-set-key (kbd "<f2> a") 'auto-revert-mode) in *scratch*
>
> Run above lisp command using C-x e
>
> C-x f ~/test.txt
>
> <f2> a
>
> *** It says Auto-Revert mode enabled in current buffer. ARev shows in mode
> line ***
>
> In separate terminal, echo "blargh" > test.txt
>
> *** Nothing happens in test.txt buffer. ***

You seem to use gfilenotify. What happens, if you set auto-revert-use-notify
to nil, and start to watch another file?

Best regards, Michael.

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