On May 21, 2012, at 19:49 , Harris Magner <harris.mag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried renaming the foo.bar to bar.bib on my machine while Bibdesk was > active, and as you said the change was tracked, and Bibdesk was using > bar.bib. But once I close Bibdesk and reopen it, it doesn't show anything, > because in settings I had set it to open foo.bar when it opens, and after I > renamed to bar.bib, this change wasn't added in the config, what I would > expect. So I think the rename problem is not just between two different > machines, but also on the same machine. That's a good illustration, actually. The last open file and default file are both saved as aliases, and we (or at least I) expected those to be more robust. After thinking a bit, more than likely the alias data has gone stale since you set it in preferences, so the fileID/inode tracking no longer worked once the path went invalid. There are numerous ways this could happen. Then again, should the path shown in preferences change once you rename the file? Things just go haywire very quickly when you start mixing alias/FSRef files and paths, unless you control all of the code (as we do with linked files). Apple's NSDocument probably uses an FSRef, or maybe one of the new bookmark URLs to associate with its file, and basically appears to poll for file changes when the application is brought to the foreground. Further, debugging indicates that they do this with a time-delayed message send, so it doesn't happen immediately. If we watched for file changes, we'd have to take into account Apple's time delay, plus the fact that it might change in the future to use something smarter, like a kqueue. If Apple provided a way to hook into their change notice or disable it, the problem would be more tractable. -- Adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
