changeset 65514:845541eefcf1

Add entry for write-region-inhibit-fsync.
author Romain Francoise <romain@orebokech.com>
date Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:20:18 +0000
parents 81577dcc6e9b
children 1ebe69a133e6
files etc/ChangeLog etc/NEWS
diffstat 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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  <romain@orebokech.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Add entry for write-region-inhibit-fsync.
+
 2005-09-09  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>
 
 	* MORE.STUFF: Update url for calculator.el.
--- 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.