Is there no way to trap a specific signal (often '1') and have it do a save/unlock/quit?
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > There is no way of forcing a save explicitly from outside the program at > the > moment. > > However, in 2.0 the database is saved after each revision, so there is will > be > OK to kill the program. > > Peter > > > I use Ubuntu 10.10 with mnemosyne and I synchronize the data files using > > dropbox. Here is my problem scenario. I leave the program running at home > > and go to work and if I open the program at work and work on it the data > > file is changed and I loose my progress at home when I exit at work (as > it > > automatically saves) when exiting. > > I thought I could create a cron job to automatically close mnemosyne > every > > morning regardless of me remembering to do it or not but if I use `kill` > > command, the program exits without saving the datafile and I end up with > a > > LOCK tmp file and consequently an error message when I restart it. > > > > Is there a better way of automating this closing of mnemosyne, emulating > me > > clicking file>exit menu option. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<mnemosyne-proj-users%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
