[MonoDevelop] Requesting write permission

[Lluis Sanchez Gual]

El dl 04 de 08 de 2008 a les 11:32 -0700, en/na Casey Marshall va
escriure:
> I'm starting to look into how to support automatically asking for write 
> permission when MonoDevelop saves files, which might mean asking the 
> version control addin to open the file for editing. It looks simple 
> enough, to put calls to FileService.RequestFileEdit in the appropriate 
> places before trying to overwrite files.

Heh, today I stated working on this and it is mostly complete. I will
commit later today or tomorrow.

> 
> My question, though, is where the best place for these calls should be? 
> Should it be at the high level -- i.e., for commands like "File->Save," 
> -- or does it make more sense at the low level, i.e., in each actual 
> file format implementation that does the writing? The former seems to 
> make more sense, since it captures more things with less code, but it 
> isn't clear if it's appropriate to introduce file checks at so high a level.

It is better to add the check at low level because a save operation may
be invoked from several places, not only from File->Save.

Lluis.