uh.... 'save on frame deactivation' ? it (*) hides when it's saved. thats the point
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Sell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: [Eap-list] Re: whats the "*" good for? > >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 > _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
