On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 02:35:13PM +0200, Christian Stimming wrote: > > Once you install r16627 or higher (which will become 2.1.5), auto-save will > be > activated every 3 minutes by default (counting from the first change of your > data, i.e. when the "*" appears in the title bar). The very first time this > feature is run you will be shown an explanatory dialog that tells you where > you can change the time interval or switch off this feature. That dialog > won't be shown again.
Does it save over your current working datafile? Or does it save a backup snapshot of the datafile that the next time you open gnucash after a crash gnucash will ask you if you want to open the backup or the real thing? The reason I ask is that gnucash does not include an "undo" feature, which I see as essential to having an autosave that overwrites your most recent working datafile. I fairly often try to import an OFX or QIF file, make a mistake or change my mind, quit without saving on purpose, then re-open the file to try again. Sometimes I do this with respect to reconciliation as well, because it's much easier to go back to the last known-good state than it is to try to figure out which things are half-done. If gnucash had "undo" I could see having an autosave that is on by default as a good feature, but without undo, I'd much rather see it save a copy (like all those tmp files gnucash makes that don't include business features) instead of overwriting the current working file. Right now the only chance a user has to undo things is to go back to the previously saved copy. --Beth Beth Leonard http://www.LeonardFamilyVideos.com _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
