Re: Message compose temp file disappearing

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:45:39 +0200 (Romance Daylight Time) Xavier
Nodet <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Hmmm, yes, it just happened and I saw that message -- but the
> > editor was still running.  I'll see if I can see any more pattern
> > to what's causing it to think the editor has closed.
>
> Would it be the case that  your editor reuses an already existing
> instance of itself?  I suppose this could explain the behavior you
> see: as the copy of the editor ends, M supposes that the editing
> task is over, while it is actually going on in the other running
> copy of your editor.

	You're right, that's exactly it.  This is irritating behavior, however
-- I use this editor specifically because it allows me to open multiple
documents in a single instance.  Would it be possible for Mahogany to
update the compose window by monitoring the temp file itself rather
than the editor process?  I frequently have an editor window open with
several files, then I go to check my email.  It seems that the current
situation requires me to close everything I'm doing and let Mahogany
have its own editor.

	Of course, Mahogany presumably uses the process information in
order to do that thing it does where it blocks typing the compose
window while the editor is open.  Personally, though, I don't care much
for this feature.  I'd much prefer it to simply update the compose
window when the temp file changes, and not attempt to "enforce" the
external editor usage by making sure I close it before doing anything
else.

--
--Brendan Barnwell
"Do not follow where the path may lead.  Go, instead, where there is
no path, and leave a trail."
	--author unknown



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