Re: Auto save

From: Virgil Arrington Jr. (virgilarrington@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 12 2002 - 16:36:32 GMT

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    Dom wrote:

    >In my opinion, the folder to save bacup files to should not be
    >configurable.

    I'm not sure this makes sense to me. Shouldn't a user be able to choose
    where to keep backup files, say in folder called "Backups?"

    >However, AbiWord should delete backup files after the main
    >document has been saved.

    This behavior seems a little strange to me, too. I've used .bak files to
    restore an old version of a document where, for whatever reason, I decided I
    didn't like the changes I made during the current editing session. If my
    backup is deleted once the main document is saved, then I lost my
    old-version security blanket. I'm not sure this is "standard" behavior
    among word processors. I always thought a .bak file would be created when a
    file was opened for a new editing session and then the .bak file would
    remain on the disk until the main document was saved, closed, and reopened
    at a later time, at which time a new .bak file would be created.

    Francisco's recent requests (auto-cap sentences; no path in title bar;
    autosave preferences) really drives home to me how differently we all work
    and how important it is that a program be flexible in allowing a wide
    variety of preferences. One of the oft-heard criticisms of Word is that it
    requires us to work the way Redmond dictates (no path in title bar; no
    on-screen indication that a file has been modified; lists being
    automatically generated when all I wanted was to put a "1." at the beginning
    of a paragraph; the list goes on.) I would hate to see Abi be worthy of the
    same criticism because its developers were unwilling to allow a modification
    of easily changeable preferences.

    Virgil

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