Girvin R. Herr wrote:
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Probably like you, I find the few seconds it takes to save the file
irritating sometimes, especially since only about one keystroke is
saved while it is going on. Worse, it seems destined (designed?) to
pick a time that is the most irritating to me - just as I start
something, rarely when I am just looking at what I have written and/or
thinking about something. Better, would be to have the save go on in
the background, while one continues working. If that is too dangerous,
take a snapshot into a temporary file and save that - all in the
background. One should not even be aware that a save is going on in
the background. If it really bothers you, you can turn the autosave
off in the Tools->Options dialog. I also check the "Always create
backup file" (.bak) in the same dialog. This acts much like the old
editors and word processors - saving the original before any editing
takes place. The downside is the risk of losing a whole day's work,
and the restore after LO crash function.
Girvin Herr
I always have auto-save off for those reasons, and instead I'm in the
habit of very frequently saving the file (which takes about half a
second using Ctrl+S (on Windows, may be different on other operating
systems). That way, the save can happen when I want it to (like when I'm
looking at what I've written or thinking about something ...).
Also, I don't know if this is the case with auto-save, but when manually
saving, I'm pretty sure that things can not be "undone" prior to the
save. If this is indeed the case with auto-save, this is another very
good reason not to use it. You may have done something you really want
to undo, but if the auto-save happens, you can't. (Again, I'm not
positive whether this is the case with auto-save like with manual save,
but I'm guessing it may be.)
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