MacDownApp / MacDownApp/macdown
Warn on first typing for "The file has been changed by another application."
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Description
Feature request: Rather than wait until the user requests a save, warn them that the file has been changed on disk **before** (or as soon as) they make changes.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by locating the existing save-time warning for files changed by another application; done means the warning appears before or when the user first edits an externally changed file, rather than only on save.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- objective-c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100