Re: gfile-based file notifications are not immediate

[Michael Albinus]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> By the way, if in some hypothetical future we drop support for inotify
>> in favor of glib, then we don't need to do the thing where we monitor a
>> file's directory instead of the file itself, as described here:
>
>>   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-01/msg00178.html
>
>> glib already does this, so emacs doing too is an unnecessary
>> complication and a form of wheel-reinventing.
>
> Interesting.  Another point in favor of dropping inotify support,

There are people who do not want glib linked with Emacs.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.