Thanks, Edward. This has been really tricky to track down, but that helps 
narrow it down. This is *not* a Leo issue, but perhaps Leo's code can help 
me figure out what's going on.

Rob...

On Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 10:46:03 AM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 4:34 PM Rob <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> 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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