Re: Can g_file_monitor_file () report events from before it was created?

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2 cam ac uk>]

On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 03:18 +0100, Peter Clifton wrote:
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> On Tue, 2011-09-06 at 01:42 +0100, Peter Clifton wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > I'm working on some code to monitor for file changes in our application,
> > and ran into a bit of a problem today with the Save-As case.
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> > The order of operations is something like:
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> > 1. File monitor exists on the document file which was loaded last
> > 2. User hits File->Save as.. (and enters a filename)
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> ^__ Just as an interesting (and probably critical note), I don't see
> this bug if I hard-code a Save-as filename.
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> I only get unexpected file-monitor events if I use a
> gtk_file_chooser_dialog to select the new filename to save into.

Futhermore - it only breaks if the dialog is set to an initial location
with something like:

    gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (dialog), *path);

(Or left to pick the current working directory, where the file is).

If I set the current folder to "/", e.g.:

  gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (dialog), "/");

Then navigate to the directory I'm going to save into from within the
GUI, the problem does not occur.

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Peter Clifton

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