[ jEdit-users ] Backup vs. autosave (was: Re: Backing up files...)

[Wendy S <wen...@co...>]

On Saturday 16 March 2002 h:11, Slava Pestov wrote:
> I think you misunderstood how backups work. Every 30 seconds is the
> auto save (the file's contents are written to #filename#, so that
> if jEdit crashes you can recover your most recent work even if it
> was not saved). Auto save files are deleted when you do a 'proper'
> save.

jEdit crash?? Never! But my system has locked up once or twice and 
the autosaved file was helpful.  The AutoSave Frequency is right 
above the backup options on the Global Options window, and I thought 
it was all one thing.

> Backups are created either the first time a file is saved after
> being opened, or every time a file is saved. The former is the
> default but this can be changed in Utilities-Global Options-Loading
> and Saving.

I do have it set to backup on every save and to number them.  The 
problem is looking back through all of them and figuring out which 
one actually _works_. :)  I obviously need to go learn about CVS or 
something and stop trying to use backups for version control.

Thanks!

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Wendy in Chandler, AZ                               
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