[Geany] file changed notifications

[Ben West]

technically, if vcdiff is already installed, couldn't it be leveraged to
manage any changes made since the file in  the filesystem changed?  just a
thought.
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Benjamin West



On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de>wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:03:06 +1100, Gordon Wrigley
> <gordon.wrigley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I'd like to discuss the possibility of changing to a non modal prompt
> >for file change notification. I would prefer a system like gedits, I
> >couldn't find a screenshot of this but for those without access to
> >gedit it is comparable to the handling of popups and passwords in
> >newer versions of firefox.
>
> So far, the count is 2 vs 1 votes :).
>
> I totally don't like those, whatever it is called, bars. At least not
> for important things and especially not when user input is needed
> (reload? yes/no).
>
> I saw these things only once or twice in Gedit but I know them from
> Firefox and it's really annoying. I remember the first few times I just
> didn't realise them at all and wondered why Firefox isn't asking
> anymore whether I want to save the entered password.
>
> Such bars may be ok for informational messages or notices but
> definitely not for warnings or questions with user feedback.
>
> In case of the 'Do you want to reload' dialog when a file has changed,
> this should be modal as it doesn't make much sense when you already
> have typed 5 other lines in the file and then you notice 'oh, there is
> a box asking me to reload the file'.
> I personally would consider using another software in such a case. The
> main intention of this dialog is not to annoy users (although during
> the last days it actually did, sorry :D) but the dialog should warn
> users and prevent possible data loss by overwriting external changes.
>
> Regards,
> Enrico
>
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