On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Jacob Peck <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/11/2013 7:05 AM, Edward K. Ream wrote:
>
>> In general, when two programs have copies of the same data, the last
>> program to write the data wins.  There is no way around this with present
>> file systems.
>>
> True, but there is a very simple way to alleviate the issue: when
> loading/saving the file, store a modification time.  Then use an idle hook
> in the background to check the file on disk's modification time -- if it's
> newer than the cached version, pop up a dialog informing the user and ask
> them if they would like to reload.
>

Ok.  Good.  Please add this clarification (if needed), to your wishlist
bug.

Edward

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