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Re: Proposed patch: allow user to disable lockfile creation
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: Proposed patch: allow user to disable lockfile creation |
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Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:40:30 -0400 |
It's actually more than that. The scheme is simultaneously
over-cautious and yet full of holes.
So what? It still does a very useful job, providing advance warning
about simultaneous editing in many cases.
It's predicated on the idea that
everybody who might touch the file simultaneously is using Emacs,
No such assumption is made, because Emacs does not depend on this
feature to function every time.
The advance warning feature functions if the other person uses Emacs.
That's better than nothing.
Furthermore, Emacs is perfectly capable of telling me when that has
happened before I save... at least it seems to work pretty darned
reliably.
That is why the advance warning feature does not need to be 100%
dependable. It is an added convenience. It is convenient to get the
warning before you start editing, rather than only when you try to
save the file.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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- Re: Proposed patch: allow user to disable lockfile creation, Tim Cross, 2011/07/28
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- Re: Proposed patch: allow user to disable lockfile creation, Richard Stallman, 2011/07/30
- Re: Proposed patch: allow user to disable lockfile creation, Tim Cross, 2011/07/30
- Re: Proposed patch: allow user to disable lockfile creation, Richard Stallman, 2011/07/29
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