Re: [ jEdit-devel ] follow? inode instead of filename

[Matthieu C. <cho...@gm...>]

Hi, the question is how to follow inodes in java ? What happens for
filesystems like Fat32 or NTFS ?

Matthieu

2009/4/21 Kevin Hunter <hu...@ea...>

> Hi jEdit Devs,
>
> Before I submit a feature request, what do others think about the
> ability to follow inodes instead of a filename?  Or configurably so?
>
> About once a day or so I'll save a file prematurely, then rename the
> file on the file system.  At that point, I have to open the new name,
> and close the old one in jEdit.  Not insurmountable, but certainly
> annoying?
>
> Sometimes I'll forget to open the "new" file first, in which case I have
> to navigate back to the directory.
>
> The other option is it to Save As, but that leaves another stale file on
> the fs that I have to remember to clean up later.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Kevin
>
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