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changeset 65515:1ebe69a133e6
(Saving): Mention write-region-inhibit-fsync.
| author | Romain Francoise <romain@orebokech.com> |
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| date | Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:20:56 +0000 |
| parents | 845541eefcf1 |
| children | 5fd07f61ee51 |
| files | man/ChangeLog man/files.texi |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/ChangeLog Wed Sep 14 20:20:18 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Wed Sep 14 20:20:56 2005 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-09-14 Romain Francoise <romain@orebokech.com> + + * files.texi (Saving): Mention write-region-inhibit-fsync. + 2005-09-05 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> * custom.texi (Custom Themes): New node.
--- a/man/files.texi Wed Sep 14 20:20:18 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Wed Sep 14 20:20:56 2005 +0000 @@ -502,6 +502,15 @@ @code{mode-require-final-newline}. By setting the latter variable, you can control how these modes handle final newlines. +@vindex write-region-inhibit-fsync + When Emacs saves a file to disk, it issues an @code{fsync} call to the +operating system to ensure that your data has indeed reached the media. +This is important for safety if the system crashes or in case of power +outage. However, it can be disruptive on laptops using power saving +because it forces the system to spin up the drive each time you save a +file; the variable @code{write-region-inhibit-fsync} disables this +synchronization. This may result in data loss, use with care! + @menu * Backup:: How Emacs saves the old version of your file. * Interlocking:: How Emacs protects against simultaneous editing