Re: [Fontforge-users] AutoSave Frequency Default Value?

[Behdad E. <be...@be...>]

And add a color dialog please.

On 13-03-12 06:22 PM, Mark & Rebecca Lee wrote:
> Mr. Crossland;
> 	I would say leave well enough alone at 30 seconds as a default
> value. Instead provide an interface by which each user can set the recovery
> feature to meet his/her own preference. It is a too objective feature to be
> arbitrarily set.
>               - Mark Lee
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Crossland [mailto:da...@la...] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 5:40 PM
> To: Fontforge-devel list; Fontforge Mailinglist
> Subject: [Fontforge-users] AutoSave Frequency Default Value?
> 
> Hi!
> 
> FontForge has a crash recovery feature, where
> ~/.FontForge/autosave/Font-Style.asfd files are saved regularly in the
> background, without any user action; if FontForge crashes, it asks the user
> to recover this file so they don't lose their work since their last save.
> 
> Currently the default interval for this is 30 seconds.
> 
> I think this should be very frequently, every 5 seconds, so that almost no
> work is ever lost.
> 
> Matthew Skala suggested it should be very infrequent, perhaps 5 or 10
> minutes, since this feature will cause a hard disk to be used and this can
> use up battery power on laptops.
> 
> I'm curious if other people have views on what the default value should be?
> 
> https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/410
> 
> --
> Cheers
> Dave
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