;;; userlock.el --- handle file access contention between multiple users
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;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: internal
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;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see teal the file; the other user becomes the
intruder if (s)he ever unmodifies the file and then changes it again.
You can
roceed; you edit at your own (and the other user's) risk.
You can uit; don't modify this file.")
(save-excursion
(set-buffer standard-output)
(help-mode))))
(put
'file-supersession 'error-conditions '(file-supersession file-error error))
;;;###autoload
(defun ask-user-about-supersession-threat (fn)
"Ask a user who is about to modify an obsolete buffer what to do.
This function has two choices: it can return, in which case the modification
of the buffer will proceed, or it can (signal 'file-supersession (file)),
in which case the proposed buffer modification will not be made.
You can rewrite this to use any criterion you like to choose which one to do.
The buffer in question is current when this function is called."
(discard-input)
(save-window-excursion
(let (answer)
(while (null answer)
(message "%s changed on disk; really edit the buffer? (y, n, r or C-h) "
(file-name-nondirectory fn))
(let ((tem (downcase (let ((cursor-in-echo-area t))
(read-char-exclusive)))))
(setq answer
(if (= tem help-char)
'help
(cdr (assoc tem '((?n . yield)
(?\C-g . yield)
(?y . proceed)
(?r . revert)
(?? . help))))))
(cond ((null answer)
(beep)
(message "Please type y, n or r; or ? for help")
(sit-for 3))
((eq answer 'help)
(ask-user-about-supersession-help)
(setq answer nil))
((eq answer 'revert)
(revert-buffer nil (not (buffer-modified-p)))
; ask confirmation if buffer modified
(signal 'file-supersession
(list "File reverted" fn)))
((eq answer 'yield)
(signal 'file-supersession
(list "File changed on disk" fn))))))
(message
"File on disk now will become a backup file if you save these changes.")
(setq buffer-backed-up nil))))
(defun ask-user-about-supersession-help ()
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
(princ "You want to modify a buffer whose disk file has changed
since you last read it in or saved it with this buffer.
If you say `y' to go ahead and modify this buffer,
you risk ruining the work of whoever rewrote the file.
If you say `r' to revert, the contents of the buffer are refreshed
from the file on disk.
If you say `n', the change you started to make will be aborted.
Usually, you should type `n' and then `M-x revert-buffer',
to get the latest version of the file, then make the change again.")
(save-excursion
(set-buffer standard-output)
(help-mode))))
;; arch-tag: a61c5b60-e1c8-44fd-894a-c617f4dfc639
;;; userlock.el ends here