#15 p4-mode calls p4 for ALL find-file invocations.

[Christian Höltje]

This normally isn't a problem.

It *is* a problem if the network isn't available. Then
p4 calls the p4 server and emacs hangs.

I'm not sure what the correct solution is, but asking
p4 to check the network for each find-file call makes
it unsuitable for use on laptops and is debilitating
when experiencing network outages.

[Peter Osterlund]

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I think the correct solution is to use "Disable P4 VC Check"
from the P4 menu. This will disable the find-file hook and
is intended to solve exactly this problem.

[Christian Höltje]

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It's good to know about the disable p4 vc check. Thank you.

I would like it if P4 didn't push traffic out on the net for
every file I open. As an end user, I want the p4 mode to be
invisible except when I need it. Is there no other solution?

[Robert Stewart]

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The reason for the find-file hook is to know whether to update the local key map with the p4.el bindings. Without that check, the key map would be updated for all files. Perhaps that would be an acceptable mode of operation which could be controlled via a flag. IOW, if not in the map-key-bindings-for-all-files mode, use the current approach to choose. It might also be possible to make the current test time out or test the waters before actually issuing the commands.

Some of the same logic is used to determine whether a file is managed by Perforce to know whether to activate certain menu options. The latter could be managed via buffer local variables, but I think there is some caching of the information already. At any rate, the menu might trigger a similar problem.

[SourceForge Robot]

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