RE: p4 keybinding problem (Was: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Updated Packages Released.)

Hi Peter I have two major gripes with p4 mode, both of which are exacerbated by the fact that we have the largest p4 installation in the world and it can get quite slow at times. The first is the version checking code. In order to find out file information the p4 client has to make a remote call and this is done everytime a file is loaded or changed. For me at least the version information is totally useless but the slowdown when I try and load files is painful - so I would like some way of turning off the status piece of p4 mode. In other words p4 mode only does something with p4 when I hit a key combination like C-x p e. This would vastly improve my editing experience. Certainly the version code in CVS, SCCS and RCS modes all just look at a local file for version information. I know this is not possible in p4, but I don't think the version information is useful enough (especially in p4 which is change oriented) to merit the effort in getting this information. The second problem is related and is the auto-sync mode. I think this may be implied by the version checking code rather than designed in. In most other modes if you edit the file outside of emacs (e.g. sync a new version) you don't find out about it until you actually come to edit the file - at which point you are prompted to revert. In p4 mode you get prompted endlessly to revert files once you have sync'ed them externally (unless you have auto revert on). I believe the default should be as per emacs norms (principle of least suprise) and this would also mean that you only incur the cost of reversion when you actually need it. Thanks andy