Quick way to reload file

[sammko]

I don't see a way to quickly reload the contents of a file, other than opening it anew, which loses the viewport position. A reload function (mapped to F5 or Ctrl+R for example) would be useful.

Maybe also an opt-in autoreload feature, which would detect changes (inotify etc) and reload the file? Or maybe prompt for a reload?

Thanks for this tool by the way, I've always missed a good non-bloated hex editor.

[solemnwarning]

I hadn't gotten round to dealing with the file changing under the editor yet as it's a bit awkward - the file isn't actually loaded into memory whole by design*; blocks get paged in and out as necessary - in effect it's kind of reloading the file continuously, except blocks which have been modified.

There are things I could do here - lock the whole file in memory if it's small enough, or warn if the file is changed on disk and refuse to page in unloaded blocks after an external change. Any ideas welcome :)

[solemnwarning]

Merged in 955ad36.