On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:18:36 -0500
Tony Maro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > The files didn't changed on disk, so an automatic refresh would undo
> > your current changes.
> >
> > At the moment the IDE does this:
> > On saving/opening a file it retrieves the FileAge of the file.
> > At several occassions it compares these file dates with the current file
> > dates.
> > If it changed it gives the user the choice.
> >
> It's odd, because both computers sync clocks from the same timeserver -
> which is also located on my network. I've looked and the clocks appear
> the same, so I assume it's something about going from Linux to Windows
> over NFS that's making it look different.
> > When the server and the client are not properly synchronized, the file
> > dates differ (but not immediately because of the caches) and for the
> > client it seems as if the file changed.
> > We could extend the check to load the file and compare its content.
> I'd think have it run the DIFF before deciding to pop up the dialog, and
> if nothing appears, ignore the change?
This means IO overhead. Especially on a network fs. That's why I didn't
implement it.
Mattias
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