On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:21:21 +1000 Russell Dickenson <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 31 January 2012 09:37, Teresa e Junior <[email protected]> >wrote: >> On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:33:01 +1100 >> Lex Trotman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>[...] >>>> Thank you for the tips, Lex, but it basically means I've lost all >>>> my notes, doesn't it? Unfortunately, I don't have a recent >>>> backup :( >>> >>>Unless you can find a copy somewhere I'm afraid, yes, it means you >>>have lost them. I can't criticise, my backups are way behind too. >>> >>>> >>>> Anyway, don't you think it is a good idea to change the notes to a >>>> separate file instead of a variable in .conf? Of course, I have a >>>> separate application for notetaking, but scribble is handy for >>>> quick notes while working in Geany. >>> >>>Storing scribble in a separate file would not make it any less >>>vulnerable, but it would add extra complexity, which that makes >>>everything more vulnerable. >>> >>>Cheers >>>Lex >>> >> >> OK, thanks! > >Can I suggest perhaps adding your configuration files - Geany's at a >minimum - to a version control repository, whether using git, bazaar >or any other modern system? Once you had that done you could also >schedule an import of config files perhaps once a day. They'd only be >stored locally but at least you could revert to any revision with a >minimum of disk space being used. > >Another suggestion would be to keep important notes somewhere other >then Geany but that doesn't solve the essential nature of the problem. > > >// Russell >_______________________________________________ >Geany mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany Thanks, Russell, that's a nice suggestion! But I think what I really need actually is to schedule daily backups of at least my text files to my spare hard disk. I keep my backups there, but only run rsync once a month :p Best regards, Teresa e Junior _______________________________________________ Geany mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany
