El dimecres, 17 de juliol del 2024, a les 7:26:20 (CEST), Laura David Hurka va escriure: > On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:01:53 +0800 Wen Chang wrote: > > I can do it that way by saving the changes in a backup file. > > > > I would like to know why modifying the file on disk without user > > interaction is a bad idea based on your experience. > > > > Also, I noticed that VSCode automatically saves changes once they are > > made. > > To my knowledge, only the file that the user is working on will be > > modified. > > > > What drawbacks would there be if a file is directly modified without user > > interaction? > > Drawback would be that it is unusual and unexpected for many users (unless > the user explicitly configured it that way). > > Imagine you have a form that you need to fill out often, and then just print > once. > If changes are saved automatically, you can’t use the file the next time > anymore, because it is already filled. > > It would also not make much sense with “Open...”, “Save”, and “Save As...”.
Exactly, auto save is just not how desktop software generally works. Cheers, Albert > > Laura
