"""
My present plan is to write a helper, say c.write_vnode, that will discover
the external file (if any) containing the vnode, and immediately write that
external file *without* a prompt.  If there is no external file,
c.write_vnode could just do an ordinary save of the .leo file and all dirty
external files.
"""

Maybe a relatively safe solution is to do this:

1) My present plan is to write a helper, say c.write_vnode, that will
discover the external file (if any) containing the vnode, and immediately
write that external file *without* a prompt.

But not do this:

2) If there is no external file, c.write_vnode could just do an ordinary
save of the .leo file and all dirty external files.

This way, if you "want to be safe", you will create an external @file for
the content.

For situation 2), some kind of loud warning is in order, not sure of what
kind though. Red g.es?









On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Ville M. Vainio wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't change the save logic, I'd just execute "save" for the full
>>> .leo document when
>>>
>>> - Node has changed in external editor.
>>> - The node that changed is the only dirty node in the whole leo document.
>>>
>>> I don't use xemacs/vim plugin, but rather "edit in" in right click menu
>>> (contextmenu.py plugin IIRC).
>>>
>>
>> Ok.  In that case the contextmenu plugin should handle this.
>>
>
> I believe that c.openWith should be able to deal with this problem.
> c.openWith creates a temporary external file and updates a node when the
> user changes that file.  This logic is independent of the editor being
> used; it works, for example, with Scite, my default external editor.
>
> Clearly, c.openWith (or rather, one of its helpers) is able to update the
> node and to mark it dirty.  So at the time the node is marked dirty
> c.openWith has an opportunity to automatically save the file containing the
> vnode.  c.openWith can issue a colored message to the log pane, but that
> should be the only "warning" necessary.
>
> My present plan is to write a helper, say c.write_vnode, that will
> discover the external file (if any) containing the vnode, and immediately
> write that external file *without* a prompt.  If there is no external file,
> c.write_vnode could just do an ordinary save of the .leo file and all dirty
> external files.  Alternatively, c.write_vnode could write only the .leo
> file (the write-outline-only command) *without* clearing the c.changed bit.
>
> I believe c.write_vnode will solve this problem fairly completely.  What
> do you think, Amigos?
>
> Edward
>
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