[X4U] Re: move folder/file system callbacks?

Timothy Luoma lists at tntluoma.com
Sun Apr 10 12:32:25 PDT 2005


On Apr 8, 2005, at 7:47 PM, Paige Adams wrote:

> On Apr 5, 2005, at 12:36 AM, Xavier Noria wrote:
>
>> Something really cool happened right now while editing an 
>> OmniOutliner document: I moved the file to a brand new folder behind 
>> the scenes while the document was open, something I had forget. When 
>> I switched to OmniOutliner and wanted to save the document, the 
>> program suggested to save it in its current correct folder! Magic!
>
> That's actually an OS feature, not just OO. Should work with any app. 
> Pretty cool, though, isn't it?

That is cool.  I've seen open files in BBEdit recognize when the 
filename has been changed, and allowed me to save without even having 
to do anything else to it.

Doesn't work in all apps.  Perhaps a Carbon/Cocoa thing?  In any case, 
cool for the apps that support it.

TjL



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