On Wednesday 16 January 2019 14:17:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 January 2019 11:59:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Anybody else have a suggestion for a live backup for working on a > > 600 line file? > > How live do you need it to be? > > Option 1: totally manual. If there's only one or a few files, > this works well. > > $ cp foobar.txt foobar.txt.20190116; edit foobar.txt But is a load of typu inducing typing, needs to be a script, one simple name, saveit maybe > > Option 2: version control system. > > Setup: > git init > git add foobar.txt > > Working: > edit foobar.txt > git commit foobar.txt -m "drew a new line" > > Review: > git status foobar.txt > git log foobar.txt > git work nice, until you want to save..
> Option 3: you already use vim, right? > https://github.com/thaerkh/vim-workspace > > Option 4: you already use emacs, right? > https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AutoSave > > Option 5: you like using gedit, right? > preferences => editor ; turn on autosave, specify the > period > > Option 6: you like using geany, right? > https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html#id232 I don't have any save-as options, just a save-as I can rename. I'd much druther it timestamped the version loaded, but saved the regular to the original nane. I missing a plugin? > > > This is not an exclusive list. > > -dsr- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
