[Bug 64081] Shows warning "file modified on disc" whenever I save a file

[Jason Keirstead]

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------- Additional Comments From jason at keirstead.org  2003-10-09 14:31 -------
Same problem here :P

On another note: Why has the file modified behaviour changed in KDE head? for
the worse?

In Kate up until a few weeks ago, if a file was modified by another process
while you were editing it, a box appeared telling you this and asking you if you
want to re-load the modified file.

Now, it just puts this red X in the task list, and offers you *no way* to
re-load it. All you can do is close it and re-open it, which is a huge PITA when
working with large numbers of files. 

Also, when you go to save a modified file, it says "this file has been modified
on disk, do you want ot cancel the save or overwrite". But without being able to
re-load or diff, how am I supposed to know what I want to do?

My suggestion is to bring back the old file modified behaviour with the reload
option. Also add a new option to diff the two files. The diff program could be
chosen in a config, or use kdiff, or whatever. Anything so that you can make an
intelligent decision as to if you should keep your changes.