[issue24799] IDLE should detect changes to open files by other processes

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- assignee: -> terry.reedy versions: +Python 3.9 -Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6 ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue24799] IDLE should detect changes to open files by other processes

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Notepad++ always asks, even when the edit buffer is not dirty. Actual use case: edit file with tkinter import and run in 3.4. Works. Open file in 2.7, changet tkinter to Tkinter, and run it. If I click on the 3.4 wndow, I do not want it silently changed. H

[issue24799] IDLE should detect changes to open files by other processes

Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- nosy: +terry.reedy stage: -> test needed versions: -Python 3.2, Python 3.3 ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue24799] IDLE should detect changes to open files by other processes

New submission from Al Sweigart: Many IDEs will check for changes to their opened files made by other programs. This is usually done with a quick check when the IDE's window gets focus. A dialog will tell the user the file has changed on disk and ask if they want to reload it. This dialog is o