On Tue 31 Aug 2021 at 23:44:02 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 11:03:55PM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > >I created a (quite extensive) wiki page. I did not save it and then > >foolishly closed Firefox down. On restarting, I do not get the page > >back. > > > >Can I recover it? > > If you saved it *at all* we can look on the wiki server for any trace, > but if not you'll be stuck with whatever you have on your machine. The > browser *might* still have the file in its disk cache if you're lucky. > > I tend to avoid doing non-trivial wiki edits directly inside the > browser if I can avoid it, for exactly this kind of reason. You could > just cut and paste to a browser locally, or if you're likely to do a > lot of work like this then there are Firefox extensions. I used to use > It's All Text to do that, then had to shift to Textern when the > massive changed in Firefox internals changed how extensions worked. > > Textern is a little fiddly to set up, but largely works well for me.
When I had calmed down I took a closer lokk. It turned out the wiki had saved my three day's work as a revision. Good old MoinMoin. I sometimes do the writing in vim and transfer it. Your suggestions and response are much appreciated. Phew! -- Brian.
