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In article <7443@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:

> [performance penalty of GNUemacs file locking]

I agree completely.  On my workstation, there is a visible lag in the
time it takes to make the first buffer modification, compared to those
that follow (although I can't be sure if there are other things
besides file-locking costing me).  Sort of discourages frequent saves.

Like John, I don't feel a crying need for file-locking.  In fact,
since most of the other people I work with don't use GNUemacs, we have
other mechanisms for preventing simultaneous edit for "official"
stuff.  I don't find myself editing other folks "personal" files that
often (and I hope vice versa).

So another vote for a low-cost way of getting rid of file-locking.
(If you saw my posting on the subject a couple weeks ago, just
consider it stuffing the ballot box. :-)
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