When editing files on slow network filesystems, nedit ofen pauses (due to stat() calls) - how to disable?

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Eddy De Greef wrote:
> I'm afraid the only option is to modify the source code. 
> [CheckForChangesToFile() - source/file.c]

Ok, thanks for pointing me to the function I'll have to change :-)

> Even if you disable the warnings, NEdit still uses stat() to monitor the 
> file attributes (e.g. to update the title when the file is made 
> read-only externally).

Maybe the frequency of doing so could be made configurable in some
future release (if there is a future release ;-) - such a check 
certainly wouldn't hurt even on a slow network file system when done 
only every 5 minutes or alike.

TK Soh wrote:
> I have not looked into the code, but can't the checking be done in a
> way that it doesn't 'tie up' nedit.

I'm afraid that would require at least a separate process/thread and
non-blocking IPC, as there is no non-blocking alternative to the 
stat-syscalls. Quite an effort in comparison to just allowing to 
configure the interval.

Regards,

Lutz