technically, if vcdiff is already installed, couldn't it be leveraged to manage any changes made since the file in the filesystem changed? just a thought. /ˈmɪstər/ /ˈdʒɛnəsɪs/@/dʒi/ /meɪl/ /dɒt/ /kɒm/ Benjamin West
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Enrico Tröger <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:03:06 +1100, Gordon Wrigley > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >I'd like to discuss the possibility of changing to a non modal prompt > >for file change notification. I would prefer a system like gedits, I > >couldn't find a screenshot of this but for those without access to > >gedit it is comparable to the handling of popups and passwords in > >newer versions of firefox. > > So far, the count is 2 vs 1 votes :). > > I totally don't like those, whatever it is called, bars. At least not > for important things and especially not when user input is needed > (reload? yes/no). > > I saw these things only once or twice in Gedit but I know them from > Firefox and it's really annoying. I remember the first few times I just > didn't realise them at all and wondered why Firefox isn't asking > anymore whether I want to save the entered password. > > Such bars may be ok for informational messages or notices but > definitely not for warnings or questions with user feedback. > > In case of the 'Do you want to reload' dialog when a file has changed, > this should be modal as it doesn't make much sense when you already > have typed 5 other lines in the file and then you notice 'oh, there is > a box asking me to reload the file'. > I personally would consider using another software in such a case. The > main intention of this dialog is not to annoy users (although during > the last days it actually did, sorry :D) but the dialog should warn > users and prevent possible data loss by overwriting external changes. > > Regards, > Enrico > > -- > Get my GPG key from http://www.uvena.de/pub.asc > > _______________________________________________ > Geany mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany > >
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