https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81627

--- Comment #11 from Terrence Enger <[email protected]> ---
I agree entirely that the current behaviour is frustrating (if you
wait for the autosave to finish) or worse (if you do not notice, and
end up losing keystrokes).  But to have keystrokes saved up and then
processed as a bunch can also be problematic.  Consider:
    (*) You are typing along, watching the document window.
    (*) The autosave starts.
    (*) You notice a letter not processed and you type the letter
        again.
    (*) And you type the letter a third time.
    (*) You twig to the fact that the problem does not arise from how
        your fingers meet the keyboard.  In fact an autosave is in
        progress!
    (*) Okay, you have to delete those extra letters.  But how many?
        Are you sure?
I would probably just stop working until the autosave finishes.  And
that is just the result that the current program forces, except for
the potential confusion.

So, I ask: Can the UI be kept responsive while the autosave completes
in the background?  At what cost in programming effort?  At what cost
in machine resources?  I think we need a developer to comment on
whether a continuously responsive UI is feasible.

Other possible mitigations come to mind:
    (*) Allow the user to disable autosave on a per-document basis.
    (*) Start autosave only after the document (or LO as a whole?) has
        been idle for some length of time.
Again, I have no idea about the cost of these mitigations.

With apologies for the length.  And without even expressing a clear
opinion!

Terry.

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