Also, remember now that GLX2 is open source, and that has an autosave feature as well. Remo (heretofore tRev) also auto saves if I am not mistaken.
Bob On Dec 7, 2010, at 5:32 PM, Björnke von Gierke wrote: > Yes that is annoying. > > The problem here is that there's no assured way for the LC engine to know > wether a stack has been changed. Sure, the IDE tracks mouse clicks, changed > scripts and a few other things. But if for example, you lock messages at the > wrong point, then the IDE is unaware, and thinks there's been no change. > > As a workaround there are auto save plugins that save for you every 5 minute > (or so). Even then, you will probably be forced to change your workflow. I > for example have just reviewed my behaviour, and it seems i've gotten used to > never quit the app, and never just close stacks. Instead I save a stack, then > close it, and only after each stack is closed that way, I quit. By now, I > even do this in the web browser and text editor! > > On 8 Dec 2010, at 02:17, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> I just came across another instance of a pet peeve of mine. I lost a couple >> of hours of scripting work because for some reason that isn't clear to me >> the IDE doesn't always save everything when you exit. It asked me if I >> wanted to save and I confirmed that I did, yet a bunch of coding changes >> didn't make it. The changes weren't in my application main stack but in >> another main stack containing scripts that I insert as front scripts. Both >> stacks were loaded into memory at the time I exited. >> >> I've been aware of save problems like this for a while and try to save >> things manually at regular intervals but didn't do so on this occasion. But >> really, should a modern day development environment allow you to exit >> without saving your work unless you specifically tell it not to? That seems >> like a huge bug to me. >> >> Pete Haworth > > -- > > official ChatRev page: > http://bjoernke.com?target=chatrev > > Chat with other RunRev developers: > go stack URL "http://bjoernke.com/chatrev/chatrev1.3b3.rev"; > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
