From kde-bugs-dist Thu Dec 09 09:16:03 2004 From: Marc Heyvaert Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 09:16:03 +0000 To: kde-bugs-dist Subject: [Bug 94681] Merged files are saved without the user's consent Message-Id: <20041209091603.5370.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-bugs-dist&m=110258376704865 ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94681 marc_heyvaert yahoo com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |UNCONFIRMED Resolution|INVALID | ------- Additional Comments From marc_heyvaert yahoo com 2004-12-09 10:16 ------- Ok, I understand it now. But for me it is still confusing behavior. The option is: "Automatic backup interval(min):..." It is absolutely not clear that selecting this option means that a file is saved automatically when you quit. So if you mess up things, you can not exit gracefully by quitting the application and answering 'no' in the dialog that asks you if you are sure that you want to quit without saving. Here you have to think about unchecking the "automatic backup interval" option first to get this possibility. This is definitely non-standard behavior. What I would suggest is the following : 1. Keep the option as it is now, but restrict it to what it is supposed to do, i.e. make a backup every x minutes, preferably with a new extension that clearly marks it as a backup. There should be an option in the file menu to revert to the last backup. 2. When saving a file, it would be nice if the former version would be kept with a tilde appended to the end of the file. This is more or less standard with a lot of KDE applications. This could be optional, but perhaps selected by default. 3. Add an option to force save on exit. This option would be selected by default and together with my suggestion under point 2. would ensure that you never lose data or mess up a file. Marc P.S. I reopen the bug, but I supposed that it should be marked as a wish now. Peter, can you do that for me?