On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 4:34 PM Rob <[email protected]> wrote:

So, two questions for the Leo gurus:
>
>    1. What does Leo `see` in the files that triggers the message and the
>    dialog?
>
> Iirc, Leo looks at the actual modification dates.  This is done at idle
time. For all the details, see the ExternalFilesController class in
leoExternalFiles.py. Here is the docstring:

A class tracking changes to external files:
- temp files created by open-with commands.
- external files corresponding to @file nodes.
This class raises a dialog when a file changes outside of Leo.
[snip]

HTH.

Edward

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