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QHelp preview is not refreshing

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by reproducing the QHelp preview issue after changing a qhelp file, then read the linked VS Code issue 138630 for the relevant preview-refresh behavior. Done means the preview page reflects changes made to the qhelp file without requiring an unrelated workaround.

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Description

bug VSCode

Even after making changes to a qhelp file, the preview page does not change. Most likely, it is related to https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/138630

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
539
Forks
240
Avg merge
2d 6h
Merged PRs (30d)
29

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