[duxuser] Re: Autosave - was - dbt setup
- From: Ann Foxworth <Ann.Foxworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:41:44 -0600
I guess they thought they were providing a way for us to recover lost files
with the temporary files, but as far as I can tell those are garbage.
Ann Foxworth, Computer Braille Specialist
Texas Commission for the Blind
4800 N. Lamar BLVD Suite # 130
Austin, TX 78756
PH: (512) 377-0654
-----Original Message-----
From: Flor Lynch [mailto:florlync@xxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:48 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Autosave - was - dbt setup
Could the Save/Discard dialogue already in DBT be utilised/extended so
that, whenever you open Duxbury, it will prompt if there are 'temporary'
Duxbury files - whether in print, braille, or imported into DBT - that
have not
been 'properly' saved nor properly closed? Kurzweil 1000 (for example)
has an option whereby if the last file was not properly saved because of
a crash or other reason, it lets you know when you re-open it. "Note:
The last file was not properly saved. If you would like to open it,
press the Accept key ...") and you have an option to press another key
to cancel that dialogue and resume operation otherwise.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:48 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Autosave - was - dbt setup
George,
Some editors have a hot key to toggle Auto-save on or off. For those
who
prefer, there's an option in one of the menus.
Steve
On Wednesday 11/13/02 12:48 George Bell wrote:
>Hi Catherine,
>
>I suspect the "autosave" process is misunderstood. There are actually
a
>number of processes involved here.
>
>Here's what ACTUALLY happens - certainly as far as Word is concerned.
>
>1) When you start editing a document on Word, you are actually editing
a
>COPY of your original file, NOT the actual file. Only when you
purposely
>Save, is your original file overwritten.
>
>2) If you have "autosave" active, it actually creates a new file,
>different from the temporary file with a dot asd extension. This is
like
>a snapshot in time, taken at intervals you specify.
>
>3) If you do NOT have autosave active, then "auto-recover" takes over
and
>finds the temporary file, or you have the option to use the last saved
version.
>
>In theory, if you have a brown out (power cut) you are able to recover
to
>a very recent stage, or use your original file.
>
>As regards what will be the default, the jury is still out.
Personally, I
>favour one of these pop up windows, which says, "Do you want to
activate
>Auto-save? - Yes/No", and for the benefit of users who get fed up with
>being asked, an option which says "Don't show me this window again!"
>
>George Bell
>Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
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