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I have a l10n.properties file. It fact it is several l10n_XX.properties files for several locales. I have a symlink from l10n_iw.properties to l10n_he.properties (he is a new code for Hebrew, iw is an old one, for several reasons I need available both). If I click right mouse button on l10n.properties and choose Open, I see all locales (Hebrew twice under different locale codes). So far so good. When I add a new property and want to save it, NetBeans complains - "File l10n_iw.properties was modified externally. Overwrite it?". Second complaint - "File l10n_iw.properties was modified externally. Reload it?" Sometimes when I hit "Save all" third complaint - "Cannot save l10n". The editor should be aware of symlinks and should not try to open the same file twice (or don't try to save it twice and complain).
Well, it's not only the properties editor. In GUI builder when I rename JLabel for example, again all the messages "Cannot save l10n" appear. That's a problem.
Not reproducible any more. Probably disappeared after recent changes in properties module.
It is reproducible, see attached bug demonstration. l10n_nl.properties is a symlink. Fully updated NB 6.5.
Created attachment 78518 [details] bug demonstration
Not reproducible in 6.7, probably disappeared after recent changes in properties module