warn if file on disk changes

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changed the summary to reflect the fact that you are editing
documents outside inkscape and want inkscape to react

it is better to describe the problem than to be overly
specific about implementation details "revert every x
seconds" because the developers will have their own ideas
about how best to solve the underlying problem. In this
case with the right underlying infrastructure there should
be no need to bastardise the Revert dialog, and like many
other programs (such as the Netscape html editor) it should
be possible to show a special dialog warning the file has
changed on disk and offer to reload it.

Originator: NO

In retrospect I put this request at too low a Priority.
This warning would be particularly useful for anyone wanting to use better
external editors rather than the built in XML editor.

847504 Ability to use external XML editors
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=847504&group_id=93438&atid=604309

The generic title referring to the underlying problem rather than a very
specific requested implementation makes me think this is another duplicate
of
862720 XML EDITOR: RealTime Sync of Working and XML
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=862720&group_id=93438&atid=604309

Reported against Ubuntu in bug #178074 for v 0.45

This feature request is also valid for SVG which are generated by other application and are initally loaded into Inkscape for previewing and, when finalised, Inkscape is used for post production.

Please offer file changed on disk notification with reload option.

@Jon - are you still actively working on this?

Related reports mentioned in comment #2 in Launchpad:
Bug #170021 “Ability to use external XML editors”
Bug #170065 “XML EDITOR: RealTime Sync of Working and XML”

Could someone please provide a status update for this relatively easy bug which is almost two years old? Thank you.

Pander: The status is still the same, it has not been implemented yet.

Would this be a good candidate to add a bounty on via BountySource?

@Pander - Why not. Inkscape issues on BountySource don't have too much success for now (no paid out issue) but who knows.

There is about 100 USD on bounties posted at the moment, including this one now. Some of them are from me. When they get collect I will put up a bit more.

See https://www.bountysource.com/issues/1417919-warn-if-file-on-disk-changes