There is difference between editing a file via the web based IDE (admin) or via the file system. Web2py does not store any meta-data and editing does not trigger any action. The file is reloaded and executed at every request UNLESS the app is "compiled". In this case you changes only take action if you "remove compiled" and "compile" again.
If you do collaborative delopment and two or more people are working on the same app, the web based editor will prevent conflict and provide merge capabilities. If two people edit the same file on the file system the last one to save will overwrite previous changes. Massimo On Jan 5, 4:38 pm, s...@pobox.com wrote: > Thadeus> If your going to use an editor on your local computer.... why > Thadeus> are you going to even bother with using web2py to view the > Thadeus> files... If your already going to have > Thadeus> Explorer/Nautilus/<insert file browser here> you can just > Thadeus> double click the files and edit them... > > I'm new and don't quite understand the relationship between a running web2py > instance and an external edit of one of the files. (Assume everything is > local - this is development. Why edit a file in a production server, remote > or local?) If I edit an arbitrary file will web2py notice immediately and > take the appropriate action? Do I need to flush caches or stop/start web2py > in certain cases? If I edit a file through web2py I have somewhat greater > confidence that it will notice the change. > > Skip
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