From dd317fc75e0a3996b1f55310cee90632156ca808 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luc Teirlinck Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:33:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers): Update docstring. --- lisp/autorevert.el | 16 ++++++---------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/autorevert.el b/lisp/autorevert.el index 5cc57883110..c7a65a867e3 100644 --- a/lisp/autorevert.el +++ b/lisp/autorevert.el @@ -178,17 +178,13 @@ would only waste precious space." When non-nil, both file buffers and buffers with a custom `revert-buffer-function' and a `buffer-stale-function' are -reverted by Global Auto-Revert Mode. +reverted by Global Auto-Revert mode. These include the Buffer +List buffer, and Dired buffers showing complete local +directories. Dired buffers do not auto-revert as a result of +changes in subdirectories or in the contents, size, modes, etc., +of files. You may still sometimes want to revert them manually. -Use this option with care since it could lead to excessive reverts. -Note also that for some non-file buffers the check whether the -buffer needs updating may be imperfect, due to efficiency -considerations, and may not take all information listed in the -buffer into account. Hence, a non-nil value for this option does -not necessarily make manual updates useless for non-file buffers. - -To find out to which buffers this option currently applies, as -well as for further details, see Info node `(emacs-xtra)Autorevert'." +For more information, see Info node `(emacs-xtra)Autorevert'." :group 'auto-revert :type 'boolean :link '(info-link "(emacs-xtra)Autorevert")) -- 2.30.2