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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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             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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