"Thomas S. Chin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think it would be nice if there was a keystroke that could force a > flush of the cache for that particular directory so a user can > explicitly notify tramp that they want it to refresh the contents.
In dired, you can hit "g" (revert-buffer) for rereading directory contents. > I admit that I am not intimately familiar with what options are at > your disposal, but if it is possible to detect multiple consecutive > tab keystrokes (e.g. 3), it could then refresh the cache entry for > that particular directory. If not, another explicit key binding that > is consistent with other emacs bindings signifying "refresh" would be > a second option. Another option might be to have the cache layer > refresh on every X accesses, so if a user were to hit tab X times, he > is guaranteed to have it reload from the remote host. You can make X > a configurable parameter and default it to never reload if that is > your preferred behavior. A user like me that is willing to sacrifice > some performance could change this setting to 1 if I always want it to > reload, or some other number. > > Tell me what you think about these options. All your propoals are nice options. I'll play a little with, in order to see how they fit into Tramp. But you have convinced me that we shall do something. Thanks a lot! > thom Best regards, Michael. _______________________________________________ Tramp-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tramp-devel
