On 21/5/05 1:26 PM, "Roger B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> change from a unicode combined char to single + combining >>> diacritic, >> >> No. >> >>> change in paragraph 27 of an article that doesn't show up in a >>> summaries-only feed, >> >> No. > > Dave: In my case, and seemingly in the case of most of the tools > surveyed, both of those would get a "yes". I suspect that in many > cases, simply clicking "edit" on an entry and then immediately > clicking "save" will cycle the modified date forward, even if zero > changes were made.
I concur -- most tools probably will update on any edit/save cycle. Some tools won't, simply because they disable the "Save" command unless the edit workspace has been dirtied. This is observable practice with lots of desktop apps, but since it's a pain to implement in web apps I doubt we'll see it there anytime soon. On the point of changing a unicode combined char: I thing the Yes/No depends on how the change occurred ... was it an load/edit/save cycle by a user, or was it due to a software upgrade that affected how content is stored or serialised? e.
