> From: bill lam > Sent: Friday, 18 June 2010 14:35 > > Птн, 18 Июн 2010, Sherlock Ric писал(а): > > > > If a file/script that is currently open in a tab of the Edit window > > gets changed by another program (text editor, programmatically ...) > > the Edit window doesn't seem to be aware of that and will save over > > those changes. Also AFAICS there is no way to refresh the contents > > of the tab other than closing the tab and opening it again. Other > > editors will detect that the version saved on disk has been changed > > by another program and notify the user, prompting whether to refresh > > or not. > > > > Not sure how easy it is to do the detection bit, but I imagine, for > > now, it would be relatively easy to make a "refresh from file" > > menu/tool bar option? > > I guess auto-detection required another supporting library. Will it be > OK if only adding a "refresh from file" option, and/or a warning if > file has been altered by other applications during saving?
Yes that would certainly be an improvement. Auto-detection is probably a nice-to-have rather than a must-have. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
