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Bug 2360

Summary:	DCR - Callbacks to notice file changes
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Kevin Haaland <Kevin_Haaland>
Component:	Resources	Assignee:	DJ Houghton <dj.houghton>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	bvukojevic
Version:	2.0	Keywords:	usability
Target Milestone:	3.0 M8
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Kevin Haaland

2001-10-10 22:34:52 EDT

Open a *.java file.
	Open it with notepad.
	Change it in the notepad and save.
	Go back to the eclipse workbench.
		1st problem:
			If the editor was activated when notepad was opened 
			you do not get the "File was changed in the file system..... " message until you deactivate and
			re-activate the editor.
	Activate the editor
	- The message dialog will open asking if you want to load the changes made in the file system.
	Say no.
		
	2nd problem:
		The text should be marked as dirty since it is not the same as the one save in the file system.	

NOTES:

Comment 1 DJ Houghton

2001-10-29 18:22:52 EST

PRODUCT VERSION:
	Build 118 - jdk - winNT

Comment 2 Kevin Haaland

2002-01-21 21:56:45 EST

Moving to Core for comment on the first item (not noticing file changes).

Comment 3 DJ Houghton

2002-01-24 17:34:50 EST

As far as I can tell from the scenerio below once the file has been opened 
initially in the editor, the filesystem is not consulted until the editor is re-
activated. At that point in time we do notice a change in the file on the 
filesystem and report that problem.

Callbacks from the filesystem are not supported so we cannot agressively report 
filesystem changes to the user. 

Moving to Platform/UI for comment/closure on 2nd problem.

Comment 4 Kevin Haaland

2002-01-24 19:11:22 EST

UI would need to have Core callback to detect the file is out of sync. Please 
put this defect report in your "Resolve Later" category. It's not a UI problem.

Comment 5 DJ Houghton

2002-01-24 19:28:39 EST

Filesystem callbacks are not part of the 2.0 plan.

Moving to Resolved/LATER.

Comment 6 DJ Houghton

2004-03-25 16:08:26 EST

Re-opening to close.

Comment 7 DJ Houghton

2004-03-25 16:11:06 EST

We have integrated the optional auto-refresh plug-in into the Eclipse SDK and it
is now a part of the regular downloads.

As of the M8 build it can be configured via:
  Window -> Preferences -> Workbench -> Work in Progress

The win32 implementation uses file-system callbacks for notification. The linux
implementation uses FAM. All other platforms use a polling mechanism.

Marking as FIXED.