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watching changes to code saved in a different directory #18

Closed michaelpalumbo closed 4 years ago

michaelpalumbo commented 4 years ago

I love that the prototype module reloads the script (I'm currently working in javascript) whenever I save it. However, I found a limitation where it won't remember the path if I load a .js file from a folder other than the plugins folder. This means that:

  1. The watcher isn't catching when filechanges are made
  2. If I click to open a new file, the open dialog starts within the /plugins/prototype/examples folder, rather than the same directory as the file I previously loaded)

I can work without 2, but 1 is pretty key, since I'm collaborating on modules with others within git repositoriess. I assume this requires storing the absolute path, but I don't know cpp very well atm.

AndrewBelt commented 4 years ago

You should limit one bug per issue so I'll address the main one.

What is an example of a full path that is not being watched? In addition to that information, what is the path reported in the patch file under the JSON .data.path?

michaelpalumbo commented 4 years ago

Huh, strange it works now. Maybe I had to reopen rack after creating a new file path? If I can reproduce the error I'll reopen the issue.