warn if file on disk changes
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inkscape |
Triaged
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
| inkscape (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
An SVG file that is being viewed by Inkscape may be
changed externally by another application without
Inkscape raising a hand. Although this may sound like a
bug it may be a cool feature if one builds an
application that frequently updates the SVG file and
the changes are being viewed on screen with Inkscape.
So we have two scenarios:
Feature:
The Revert command in the File menu is changed into a
dialogue box where the user can specify how often
Inkscape should reload the file, thus refreshing the
screen with the new updates. Something like:
"[checkbox] Revert every [data field] seconds"
Bug:
Tune Inkscape so that it complaints if it realises that
the SVG file has been changed externally. Provide an
option to deactivate this behavior by activating the
feature presented above.
Thanks!
Vangelis
| Horkana-users (horkana-users) wrote | #1 |
| Horkana-users (horkana-users) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in inkscape: | |
| importance: | Medium → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| tags: |
added: ui removed: other |
| Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in inkscape (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Pander (pander) wrote | #4 |
| Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in inkscape (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| Changed in inkscape: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| Changed in inkscape (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| su_v (suv-lp) wrote | #6 |
| Pander (pander) wrote | #7 |
| ScislaC (scislac) wrote | #8 |
| Changed in inkscape: | |
| assignee: | Jon A. Cruz (jon-joncruz) → nobody |
| Pander (pander) wrote | #9 |
| jazzynico (jazzynico) wrote | #10 |
| Pander (pander) wrote | #11 |
| Pander (pander) wrote | #12 |
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Please also try checking through existing request to
avoid filing duplicate reports. Other users may have
submitted requests which turn out to be very similar but
expressed them in a slightly different way.
changed the summary to reflect the fact that you are editing
documents outside inkscape and want inkscape to react
it is better to describe the problem than to be overly
specific about implementation details "revert every x
seconds" because the developers will have their own ideas
about how best to solve the underlying problem. In this
case with the right underlying infrastructure there should
be no need to bastardise the Revert dialog, and like many
other programs (such as the Netscape html editor) it should
be possible to show a special dialog warning the file has
changed on disk and offer to reload it.