Re: doc-view.el: about cursor and filename display

[Tassilo Horn]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Stefan,

>> I don't know if that's a good idea.  a-r-m checks files periodically
>> and reverts if something changed.  Since "reverting" means
>> reconverting for doc-view, it's possible that it blows your computer
>> because it may happen that a new conversion is started before the
>> last one finished (e.g. every 5 seconds a new conversion is started).
>
> That can happen if the user calls revert explicitly as well (yes, less
> likely and less severe, but still: the user might do M-x
> revert-buffer, then get annoyed that it doesn't see the result, so do
> it again and again and again).
>
> It shouldn't be too difficult to protect against it by detecting the
> situation and "reacting appropriately".

Right.  But I'd like to wait till my last patch is included before I'll
address those (IMO minor) glitches.

Bye,
Tassilo