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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 94681] Merged files are saved without the user's consent
From:       Marc Heyvaert <marc_heyvaert () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2004-12-09 9:16:03
Message-ID: 20041209091603.5370.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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  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?


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