Bug 467314

Summary: Make it clearer auto-reload is per file (per session?)
Product: [Applications] kate Reporter: tomashnyk
Component: generalAssignee: KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: christoph
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description tomashnyk 2023-03-14 07:19:19 UTC 
When other program changes opened file, kate shows a helpful popup if I want to reload it. It also has a button "Enable Auto Reload". This button is scary. 
1 Will all files always autoreload?
2 Will this file always autoreload, even a year from now on?
3 Will it autoreload only until Kate is closed?
4 Will it autoreload only after the file is closed?

I always thought it is 1, I wanted to open a wishlist item so it could be 3, but now upon my testing and seeing https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448903 I think it is 4.

There is a tooltip saying "Will never again warn about on disk changes but always reload." -  I think it is misleading, "will never again" sounds rather definitive.

I think better texting would be: "Will not warn about on disk changes but will reload until the file is closed."
Comment 1 tomashnyk 2023-03-14 08:03:35 UTC 
I am :proposing the fix here: https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/ktexteditor/-/merge_requests/502

In the end I formulated it as follows: "Reloads and will automatically reload without warning about disk changes from now until you close either the tab or window."