2011/1/26 Krzysztof Żelechowski <giecr...@stegny.2a.pl>: > Dnia środa, 26 stycznia 2011 o 11:45:53 Lex Trotman napisał(a): >> Ok, understand. OOq puts a lock file in the directory for each file >> thats open, thats how it prohibits multi-edit. >> >> Thats Ok for a document editor, but I'm not so sure for a development >> editor where potentially lots of files are open. And the performance >> hit on remote files is potentially significant. Users editing remote >> files are already complaining about performance. And we then have the >> problem of removing lock files when Geany quits or crashes. That >> means blocking closing Geany until lock files are removed which could >> be a problem again on remote filesystems. > > First of all, proper use of a version control system should eliminate the > need to edit networked files in Geany, unless the developer sits on a thin > client -- but then either the network is good enough or nothing works. > > So Geany could limit its locking facilities to local files or instruct the > developer about proper procedures. > > IMHO, > Chris >
Totally agree, except some people use Geany to edit web files over FTP to their server. To change to a VCS their service provider would need to change. Cheers Lex _______________________________________________ Geany mailing list Geany@uvena.de http://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany