Feautre request: auto-reload when file changes on file system
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- TypeScript
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Description
Enhancement suggestion:
Add support for live preview (e.g., when editing file in another editor, automatically refresh changes, or add an option to do so)
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by locating the editor's preview-refresh and file-loading paths, then determine how external filesystem changes should trigger updates; done means live preview reliably reflects edits made in another editor.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- electron, react, typescript
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100