Don't open file directly from resources directory

[laurent22]

Instead copy them to a temp dir and rename them correctly.

#570 (comment)

[armaccloud]

Hi @laurent22
The current option to open a file allows for editing of the file which is saved in the resources folder.
Wouldn't this change (copying to a temp dir) remove that capability?

[laurent22]

@armaccloud, yes it would but currently it's not recommended to modify files in the resources folder because they aren't synced afterwards, and they might be overwritten. Basically modifying resources is not supported at the moment. It might at a later time though (there's an open issue about it).

[moltenform]

To clarify, is this talking about opening a resource by clicking the link in the view pane? (For example, dragging a .txt file into a note so that it becomes a resource, and then going to the view pane and clicking on the blue link, which opens the txt file in an external editor).

I can see why this would be a good idea, because of possible perceived data loss after editing, but on the other hand, the instant opening speed on attached files was one of the reasons I moved some of my notebooks from OneNote to Joplin, so it'd be unfortunate if opening resources was slower...

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