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[PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: 35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
Subject: bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification
Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 11:47:39 +0300

> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
> Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 10:34:13 +0200
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> +                ;; Don't bother creating a notifier for non-file buffers
> +                ;; if there is a custom `revert-buffer-function'.
> +                ;; An exception is made for Dired, since that mode works
> +                ;; well with notifiers.
>                  (when (and auto-revert-use-notify
> -                           (not auto-revert-notify-watch-descriptor))
> +                           (not auto-revert-notify-watch-descriptor)
> +                           (or buffer-file-name
> +                               (eq major-mode 'dired-mode)))

Is Dired the only exception from the rule?  Or is there a more general
indication that a non-file buffer may want to be automatically
reverted?  E.g., what about Info buffers? revert-buffer does work
there.

Thanks.

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