On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 08:25:14PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 03:55:50PM -0500, Bo Peng wrote: > > > Yep. -2 (even without seeing the patch :) > > > > How about a combination of both? > > > > 1. when lyx gets focus, check diskfile. if modified, set diskModified = true > > 2. when the buffer is modified and if diskModified, ask if reload the > > file. If so, reload.the file. If not, set diskModified to false. > > > > Briefly, disk checking only happens when lyx gets focus, but reloading > > is prompted only when the buffer is changed. > > I guess everybody is aware of QFileSystemWatcher and just opted for > wheel-reinvention...
That's not in Qt 4.1 and I don't think that requiring 4.2 for this so easy task is necessary. -- Enrico