[StrongED] Re: StrongEd v4.70a12 and ModeWhen

[Martin <list01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <98d36f2456.fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>,
   Fred Graute <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <5624655805list01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           Martin <list01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > In article <aaa15f2456.fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>,
> >    Fred Graute <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > A Rescan modes only updates the list of known modes. It does not
> > > cause a reparse of any mode related files.
> > 
> > I can see no hints of that in the help file - so would the menu entry
> > be better changed to something like 'Update list' ? To me, 'Rescan
> > Dir' seems to imply that it will read the contents of the Modes
> > directory, and therefore note *any* changes, not just the list of
> > modes.

> The rescan is not recursive, it only scans the Modes directory itself.
> Hence it will pick up on new mode directories but won't see changes to
> the internals of individual mode directories.

> Manual -> Reference -> List of Functions -> RescanModes

I never thought of looking in Global Functions for information about what
a menu does.

[Snip]

> > Now I am confused. You said above that a Rescan of the Modes
> > directory *only* updates the list of known modes. But now you have
> > said not reading the ModeWhen files was a bug?

> Yes, when you save a ModeFile or a ModeWhen then StrongED will detect
> that and will automatically reparse that file. Assuming the option
> 'global choices -> Edit -> Reload all modefiles when one is changed' is
> on, which it is by default.

> The above also applies to a number of global files: FileLock, ModeList,
> ModeLock and Patterns.

Got it. 
If a mode is known, changing a file will update the mode.
(or will after the bug is fixed!).
If a mode is new, a rescan will add it to the list.

I still think 'Update list' is more obvious than 'Rescan Modes'.

Thanks - Zap no longer runs by default, and I now mostly use SE, so
progress is being made! 

Martin

-- 
Martin Avison      using a British Iyonix running RISC OS 5 
                   and the Pluto mail and newsreader

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