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List:       nedit-develop
Subject:    Re: [ nedit-Bugs-1027788 ] nc opens multiple instances
From:       Thorsten Haude <yoo () vranx ! de>
Date:       2004-09-23 20:42:03
Message-ID: 20040923204203.GA1009 () eumel ! yoo ! local
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Hi,

* Andrew Hood wrote (2004-09-23 13:20):
>Nathaniel Gray wrote:
>>3.  Break the "one document per file" assumption.  A good design could 
>>allow macros to run in the proper context, but this would be tough from 
>>a programming perspective and also from a UI design perspective.  how do 
>>you tell the user "this document is both /foo/bar and /bin/baz" in any 
>>sensible way.
>
>Grouped Window menu?

Hm. Not convicing. In the vast majority of cases the groups would
consist of a single entry.

>and grouped Tab labels?
>
> ------+------------------ ------- -------+-------------------
>|file1 | symlink_to_file1 | file2 | file3 | hardlink_to_file3 |

Why not, but it does not look like the two belong together.

>>5.  Massage the "one document per file" into "one document per path," 
>
>One document per st_dev+st_ino? The possibility of remote mounts via 
>different mount points giving different values of these for the same 
>real file is to all intents and purposes insoluble. The user will find 
>out when she saves one and the other window gives the "file modified" popup.

Exactly. The important thing is that dialog, popping up even if the
second file is not committed to disk yet.


Thorsten
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