gedit don't detect extern file modification

Bug #16661 reported by Jean Privat
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gedit
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gedit (Ubuntu)
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

gedit should detect open file modification and ask the user to reload it.
Especialy read only open files.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114215: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114215

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

there is a bug upstream about this:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114215

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Phil Bull (philbull) wrote :

Confirming this bug as a feature request.

See also GNOME Bug 75861:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75861

Note Paolo's b.g.o comment:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75861#c16

This won't be fixed for a while, it seems.

Thanks

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

that is fixed with to feisty

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