On 25/11/16 22:39, John Hart wrote: > Automatic saving of a file every 'n' minutes, and creating an automatic backup file aren't the same thing.
As far as I can determine, AOo considers thatto be two different actions, done in two different ways. >If automatic saving uses the same file name, it could be destructive, if it >uses a different file name, and the > program or system crashes, how does one find the file? if turned on, the backup file is saved in wherever you have designated your backup file to be. The default name of the backup folder is "backup". The default location is in user profile folder. I've forgotten where the crash protection file is saved to. :( AFIAK, it is not saved in either the same folder as the original document, nor in the backup folder, but in a third location. > If there's a crash protection file, why would the user be required to turn it > on? Crash recovery doesn't always recover the correct document. There was, and for all I know still is, a bug that is incredibly difficult to diagnose, that causes both backup, and crash recovery to fail, depending upon how one configures various other user-changeable settings. (The simple fix was to turn off both auto backup, and crash recovery,, and if the program did crash, decline the recovery process. However, this fix does require one to save the file at frequent intervals --- at least once every five minutes, if not more frequently.) >When you restart OO after a crash, does it ask if you want to recover the file? Yes. ##### The ideal solution would be for somebody who groks both AOo and SVN to fix the bugs in OOo-SVN, so that it automatically saves files every # minutes. Ideally, part of the bug-fixing would be an automated install of SVN, such that non-programmers don't have to do anything but click one button "Yes, Install SVN", or "No, Cancel Operation". jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
