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Darrell Anderson

25 Nov 2011 25 Nov '11

6:40 a.m.

Does this option work? I have the option disabled. Kate still reminds when a file is changed. Also, does KWrite have the same option or does KWrite inherit that option through the Kate KParts? KWrite also keeps displaying these reminders. Would somebody else confirm this behavior? Thanks. Darrell

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Keith Daniels

25 Nov 25 Nov

2:40 p.m.

New subject: [trinity-devel] Kate: Warn about files modified by foreign processes

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Darrell Anderson <humanreadable(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

Does this option work? I have the option disabled. Kate still reminds when a file is changed. Also, does KWrite have the same option or does KWrite inherit that option through the Kate KParts? KWrite also keeps displaying these reminders. Would somebody else confirm this behavior? Thanks. Darrell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-devel-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-devel-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messsages on the Web archive: http://trinity-devel.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting

Yes, my Kate on 3.5.12 does the same thing. Re: KWrite. Doesn't have that setting option and does not report that a file has been changed. At least on my system. Keith

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Laurent Dard

6:38 p.m.

New subject: [trinity-devel] Kate: Warn about files modified by foreign processes

Le 25/11/2011 07:40, Darrell Anderson a écrit :

Does this option work? I have the option disabled. Kate still reminds when a file is changed. Also, does KWrite have the same option or does KWrite inherit that option through the Kate KParts? KWrite also keeps displaying these reminders. Would somebody else confirm this behavior?

I have also the option disabled and it only opens a warning box when the file is displayed on the screen. That's the intended behavior. See: help:/kate/config-dialog.html#config-dialog-general But this option is misnamed, I think. -- Laurent Dard

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Darrell Anderson

7:33 p.m.

New subject: [trinity-devel] Kate: Warn about files modified by foreign processes

Does this option work? I have the option disabled.

Kate still reminds when a file is changed.

Also, does KWrite have the same option or does KWrite

inherit that option through the Kate KParts? KWrite also keeps displaying these reminders.

Would somebody else confirm this behavior?

I have also the option disabled and it only opens a warning box when the file is displayed on the screen. That's the intended behavior. See: help:/kate/config-dialog.html#config-dialog-general But this option is misnamed, I think.

My preferred action is to have Kate notify me when a file changes, but I do not want KWrite to ever notify. Yet sometimes I want to use Kate and want to disable that monitoring. Sometimes I want to study a file under continuous change. I won't use Kate for that. For example, when I want to study the first part of a build log. Because KWrite seems to be tied to Kate KParts, KWrite notifies me when the file changes. So then I resort to KEdit. According to the Help file, Kate always warns about changed files, but changes the method of notification. I don't like that. There needs to be a way to view a file statically like the brain dead KEdit. KWrite needs its own setting that does not depend upon Kate KParts. I prefer KWrite over KEdit for syntax highlighting and a better search/replace interface, but I dislike being interrupted all the time. Is there a better way? Darrell

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Laurent Dard

8:27 p.m.

New subject: [trinity-devel] Kate: Warn about files modified by foreign processes

Le 25/11/2011 20:33, Darrell Anderson a écrit :

My preferred action is to have Kate notify me when a file changes, but I do not want KWrite to ever notify. Yet sometimes I want to use Kate and want to disable that monitoring. Sometimes I want to study a file under continuous change. I won't use Kate for that. For example, when I want to study the first part of a build log. Because KWrite seems to be tied to Kate KParts, KWrite notifies me when the file changes. So then I resort to KEdit. According to the Help file, Kate always warns about changed files, but changes the method of notification. I don't like that. There needs to be a way to view a file statically like the brain dead KEdit. KWrite needs its own setting that does not depend upon Kate KParts. I prefer KWrite over KEdit for syntax highlighting and a better search/replace interface, but I dislike being interrupted all the time. Is there a better way?

I'm afraid patching Kate is the only way. The best workaround seems to me to make a temporary backup of the changing file. -- Laurent Dard

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Laurent Dard

8:36 p.m.

New subject: [trinity-devel] Kate: Warn about files modified by foreign processes

Le 25/11/2011 20:33, Darrell Anderson a écrit :

KWrite needs its own setting that does not depend upon Kate KParts. I prefer KWrite over KEdit for syntax highlighting and a better search/replace interface, but I dislike being interrupted all the time.

The text view, in konqueror, is static and provides syntax highlighting. -- Laurent Dard

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