GNU bug report logs - #21729
doc-view messed up by early auto-revert

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Message #23 received at 21729 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21729 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Subject: Re: bug#21729: doc-view messed up by early auto-revert
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 15:03:10 +0200

It seems the original issue reported here was fixed, but then an
enhancement request is discussed:

Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Alternatively, we could of course enhance autorevert.el, e.g., by
> introducing some buffer-local variable `auto-revert-predicate' which is
> run by auto-revert in order to test if the current buffer can be
> reverted right now.  That could then be used by doc-view, and I guess
> there are other modes which could make use of such a feature, too.
>
> Stefan, do you think that would be a good idea?

I'm not Stefan, but I think that sounds like a good idea.

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