#3942 Changes to mode files are not detected when ~/.jedit/modes is a symlink

[Daniel DeLorme]

I have a lot of customized mode files which I tweak often, so I moved the ~/.jedit/modes directory into my Dropbox folder and replaced it by a symlink. But now when I edit one of the mode files, the syntax highlighting does not change in the corresponding source files that I have open in jEdit. I need to restart jEdit in order to see the new syntax highlighting that I just added.

I'm guessing this is a pretty simple bug involving the (non-)use of realpath when detecting if the mode file has changed.

[Dale Anson]

Does using Utilities - Troubleshooting - Reload Edit Modes reload your mode files?

[Daniel DeLorme]

Yes, it does.

[Dale Anson]

Fixed in revision #24222.

[Daniel DeLorme]

Thanks for the quick fix!