Sat 14 Jun 2014 04:19:10 PM UTC, comment #1:
With the new locking code, trying to open (into a new buffer) a file that nano already has opened, now results in the statusbar message "File being edited (...) continue?" So you will not accidentally have the same file opened twice.
But I don't like the behaviour when answering No or Cancel: it opens an empty buffer, instead of renouncing the whole opening action entirely.
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Fri 25 Nov 2011 04:49:47 PM UTC, original submission:
When using multiple buffers, nano creates a new buffer for each file that I open, even if that file is already open in an existing buffer.
This does not seem like a bug, but more of a usability issue. Many text editors check to see if a file is already "opened" in an existing buffer, if so instead of opening the requested file in a new buffer, switch to the existing one.
nano --version
GNU nano version 2.2.3 (compiled 10:55:27, Nov 22 2011)
(C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Email: -unavailable- Web: http://www.nano-editor.org/
Compiled options: --disable-wrapping-as-root --enable-color --enable-extra --enable-multibuffer --enable-nanorc --enable-utf8
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