Author Topic: Slickedit no longer detected when open files are modified.  (Read 1286 times)

mpenacho

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Slickedit no longer detected when open files are modified.
« on: January 23, 2025, 02:06:00 PM »
I'm running on LinuxMint (And I just noticed, I never upgraded this instance - it's still running Slickedit 2022).  I've used this install of Slickedit for at least a couple of years (I upgraded Mint a couple of years ago, and installed everything again from scratch).  Yesterday I noticed that I'm no longer prompted for a reload when another program modifies a file I have open.  That definitely was not the case the day before - I have files open that change when I compile almost all of the time.  I've rebooted my Linux box, but haven't reinstalled Slickedit yet (and hope to not have to).  Any suggestions on where to look/settings/what to try next?

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Re: Slickedit no longer detected when open files are modified.
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2025, 02:57:32 PM »
Can you double check Tools>Options, File Options>Load>Auto reload?

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Re: Slickedit no longer detected when open files are modified.
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2025, 03:41:56 PM »
That was it - thank you so much!
It's amazing how slight changes to editor behaviors can wreak havoc with years of muscle memory.

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Re: Slickedit no longer detected when open files are modified.
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2025, 03:47:12 PM »
Clark will no for sure about this - If you didn't turn it off, I think there are some places that turn it on and off. So it's possible that if you got a Slick-C stack or the process ended unexpectedly while it was turned off, it got saved that way.

I'm having to jump to another editor to build now, so I have it auto reload if there are no modifications, and save on the loss of focus. The latter used to scare me, but time has shown that Backup History will save you ;D.