>The value in the information is the data has not been written to disk. >Hard to miss. > >this is a fairly common feature of most any text editor.
did you read my mail? I know that it tells me that the file has not been written to disk. But since I cannot determine when it is written to disk, it does not make sense. The other editors you mention will not write to disk unless you explicitly request it (Ctrl-S). In IDEA you cannot prevent the saving, so there is no point in explicitly doing it - nor explicitly showing the "non-saved" state. To say it in another way: In ordinary editors, the "*" tells me "you will have to save this file to make your changes permanent". In IDEA, the "*" tells me "I, IDEA have not written the changes to disk, but I will do so real soon (e.g. as soon as you change focus), and you will not be able to prevent me". this is not criticizing... > >On Friday, April 19, 2002, at 02:02 PM, Christian Sell wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am still wondering, what the "*" sign in front of file names is >> supposed >> to signify. Right now, as I understand it, it is shown for files which >> have >> been modified, bot whose state has not yet been written to disk by >> IDEA. But >> since there is no way for me to prevent IDEA from eventually writing to >> disk >> (as soon as I switch the application focus, or when I leave IDEA) I see >> no >> value in that information. I personally even find it rather confusing. >> >> did I miss something? >> >> regards, >> Christian _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
