progsourcemy left a comment (geany/geany#4440)

> [@progsourcemy](https://github.com/progsourcemy): In your step 2, do you move 
> the file or copy it to a different location? "Save" can mean both, but for a 
> copy, geany should not care at all, imho.
> 
> In step 4, what is "use the file". For instance, if it is a script, running 
> the script will change the file, opened by geany? Using cat to show the 
> content? Appending something?
> 
> If I move the file with cut-and-paste in Thunar, before performing step 3, 
> geany is blocked with a message "file not found" and the choice to resave it, 
> or abort.
> 
> Independent of whether I choose 'abort/cancel' or 'save', nothing happens if 
> I append something to the previously moved file.

In step 2,copy the  file,then paste  to another directory.
In step 4,copy  the "step 2"   file  ,  paste on  the  "step 3"  file to 
overwrite .
then,geany doesn't detect the file changes.

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