# HG changeset patch # User Romain Francoise # Date 1126729218 0 # Node ID 845541eefcf182fb0f0ab9f0d54f3a03cbcb8704 # Parent 81577dcc6e9b277635063a38bedcb176064ebfae Add entry for write-region-inhibit-fsync. diff -r 81577dcc6e9b -r 845541eefcf1 etc/ChangeLog --- a/etc/ChangeLog Wed Sep 14 20:19:39 2005 +0000 +++ b/etc/ChangeLog Wed Sep 14 20:20:18 2005 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-09-14 Romain Francoise + + * NEWS: Add entry for write-region-inhibit-fsync. + 2005-09-09 Kevin Ryde * MORE.STUFF: Update url for calculator.el. diff -r 81577dcc6e9b -r 845541eefcf1 etc/NEWS --- a/etc/NEWS Wed Sep 14 20:19:39 2005 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Wed Sep 14 20:20:18 2005 +0000 @@ -618,6 +618,12 @@ attempt to construct a unique auto-save name (e.g. for remote files). +++ +*** The new option `write-region-inhibit-fsync' disables calls to fsync +in `write-region'. This can be useful on laptops to avoid spinning up +the hard drive upon each file save. Enabling this variable may result +in data loss, use with care. + ++++ *** If the user visits a file larger than `large-file-warning-threshold', Emacs asks for confirmation.