Bug 165473

Summary:	KDiff3 doesn't reload non-local files
Product:	[Applications] kdiff3	Reporter:	Christoph Burgmer <chrislb>
Component:	application	Assignee:	michael <reeves.87>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	michel.nolard
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Christoph Burgmer 2008-07-01 11:09:24 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 3.5.9)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

KDiff3 treats non-local files as local copies (in /tmp) instead of remembering the original source:

In the open dialogue one can specify the files to compare, local or non-local paths are both valid. On opening the non-local files are downloaded via KIO and stored under /tmp. KDiff3 will then precede with these local copies instead of handling the original paths.

A reload then doesn't reload the path input by the user but instead reloads the local copy in /tmp not including changes made in the meantime.

Comment 1 Michel Nolard 2008-09-12 14:56:12 UTC

My take is that while it would be more than useful in KDiff3, I think it is a requirement which addresses a miss in the Qt/KDE libraries : there is a need for a system wide key+mouse combination to activate this feature.

This feature should then be filled up against the KDELibs project or even on trolltech's bug tracker system ?

Comment 2 Christoph Burgmer 2008-12-14 07:29:17 UTC

Can you elaborate on this? I don't understand how a missing mouse+key feature is connected to only the local copy being reloaded.

Comment 3 Christoph Burgmer 2009-03-13 07:37:28 UTC

Seems to work with newest.