Bug 317576

Summary:	Kate does not honor the Ignore Changes button when a file changes
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	Woodsman <darrella>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	christoph, justin.zobel, supcobet
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Woodsman 2013-03-30 00:20:26 UTC

Kate does not honor the "Ignore Changes" button when a file changes. Selecting the button results in the dialog immediately reappearing for a file that is changing rapidly.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a text file that changes rapidly, such as a build log.
2. Open the file with kate.

Actual Results:  
The Documents Modified on Disk dialog appears. Selecting the Ignore Changes button has no effect.

Expected Results:  
Selecting the Ignore Changes button should render kate silent with respect to additional changes of the file. Disabling the warning in Settings->General does work.

With a rapidly changing file, the dialog reappearance loop is almost impossible to stop. I have to kill kate process through konsole.

Comment 1 Woodsman 2013-03-30 00:21:15 UTC

Oops --- KDE 4.10.1, Kate 3.10.1. :)

Comment 2 Francesco 2015-01-15 08:30:48 UTC

The same problem with Kate 3.13.3, KDE 4.13.3

Comment 3 Christoph Cullmann 2018-08-17 19:02:15 UTC

Yes, if "notify on modified..." dialog is turned on, this still happens.

Comment 4 Justin Zobel 2020-11-02 02:04:11 UTC

I just modified my open file from the terminal and used ignore changes and it seems to be working correctly now.

If you can please re-test and confirm then we can resolve this bug.

Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2020-11-17 04:33:38 UTC

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Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2020-12-02 04:34:02 UTC

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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