How do I close a g-code file in Gmocapy?

I don't use Gmocappy, so can't comment there, but I thought Linuxcnc reads all the g-code file into memory, it is not actively reading the file from the HD while it is being used. Linuxcnc can be running a file while you open, edit, and save the same file with another program. The changes you made will not show up in Linuxcnc until you reload the file within Linuxcnc. It doesn't matter if its saved on a network or saved locally.

If the file is not locked, then the file reload should work perfectly for me. I just assumed an ope file would be locked and never tested it. The one thing that's bugging me about Linux, the Linux Mint GUI file manager has only the file dates, not Date/time. Even when you click on properties, no time is displayed that I can find. I want to see the time to know that this is the new file I just updated, not the one from 15 minutes ago. In Mach 3, the load file control showed the created date & time so I got the assurance the newest g code file synced down from dropbox.

In reality, by the time I get back to my CNC, the file should be synced and I can simply click the reload button and run with my CAM updates. The fact that the file is not locked is a big improvement in my workflow as I would often forget to close the file before I went upstairs to make my CAM change. Then the file would not sync as Mach 3 locked the file.

Thanks!

What desktop environment are you using with Mint? The default file viewer (Caja) in Mate shows all the date and time info, same with Nemo in Cinnamon. But unfortunately the one used by the Axis ui in Linuxcnc is bare bones and shows nothing but the file names. It also has trouble viewing network connections. Not sure what is used for most of the other Linuxcnc uis, but I'm pretty sure they are rather limited in their capabilities compared with the file viewers that come with the desktops.

Not being a Linux guy I took whatever came rolled up with LinuxCNC. I wouldn't know how to load LINUXCNC over a custom distro.

Ok, then you aren't using Mint. The official Linuxcnc release comes with Debian and a default desktop environment of XFCE. (I don't care for it much myself.) It's default file browser is Thunar. And for some reason it comes with the silliest of default settings as you can see. It can be changed to show all of the file dates and times. From the pull down menu of the file manager click Edit, then Preferences, then in the Display tab at the bottom of that window under Date, pull down the selection and choose the date/time format you prefer (apparently the default is just the date with no time) and click OK. Then with the View pull down menu click on "View as Detailed List".

This will at least get you to see what you are wanting in the File Manager. It won't help in the Linuxcnc file chooser window though which seem to be stuck with a simple list with no dates and no way to check file properties.

I used BeagleBrainz Mint distro.

forum.linuxcnc.org/38-general-linuxcnc-q...3-iso?start=0#181432

I think it's a stripped-down Mint version, but still better than the Debian. Mint is definitely more friendly for a Windows user. I'd like to try one of the more full-featured Mint versions like Cinnamon.