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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:
PRODUCT VERSION: Build 118 - jdk - winNT
Moving to Core for comment on the first item (not noticing file changes).
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.
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.
Filesystem callbacks are not part of the 2.0 plan. Moving to Resolved/LATER.
Re-opening to close.
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.
