Exactly! A message box that is indicating change on the file I am currently editing would resolve my problem just perfect.
2011/4/18 Vincent van Ravesteijn <v...@lyx.org> > On 18-1-2011 11:17, Christian Wilhelmsen wrote: > > I juse LyX and Dropbox in collaboration with my team mates, and the > problem is that when you have opened a file, another user edits it and sync > it through > > dropbox, LyX wont open the new version, it opens a buffered copy or > something. > > > > We have to close LyX each time we want to open an updated document, or > else you just get the copy that is stored in memory... Tried removing > auto-backup, if that was the problem, but no. > > > > Anyone knows how we can get past this problem? > > > > I'm also not sure I understand your problem. Usually, if your file is > changed, you can use File->Revert to Saved. This should give you the new > version of the file. > > I've been working on a mechanism that pops up a messagebox indicating that > the file you're editing has been changed on disk. > > I'm not familiar with Dropbox, so I don't know whether it will help you out > in that case. > > > > > - christian wilhelmsen > > > Vincent >
