On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 19:12:12 +0100 Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsut...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 10/12/2023 15:29, Yves Guillemot wrote: >> >> Gesendet: >>> Sonntag, 10. Dezember 2023 um 13:35 Uhr Von: "Lorenzo Sutton" >>> <lorenzofsut...@gmail.com> An: rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> >>> >>> This is a tricky one IMHO because on the other hand when working on >>> project I also want to be able to always save and not risk losing any >>> change which comes up. >>> >>> So any warning like that should definitely be a switchable on/off >>> option. >>> >> >> >> Le Sun, 10 Dec 2023 13:42:16 +0100, >> MST via Rosegarden-user <rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net> a écrit >> : >> >>> How about an incremenial numbering feature while working: >>> You open an existing file "song" and it immediately becomes >>> "song000", ten minutes (adjustable in default settings menu) later it >>> becomes "song001". I am no coder, is something doable? >> >> >> >> Yes it's doable and should be easy to do, but what about the autosave >> feature ? How many files would be created at the end of a session ? >> >> I presume it should be better to allways save in a temporary file >> then ask where to save this file when shutting down RG or opening a new >> file. >> >> Anyway it should be a switchable option because IMHO such warnings are >> awful and don't really work: when I have answered "yes" several dozens >> of times to the same question, the next time it will be asked I will not >> read it and automatically answer "yes" whatever the right answer should >> be. > >This more-or-less UNTESTED bash script would launch rosegarden with a >selected file, make a back-up copy straight a way and then watch for >changes (in this case every 5 seconds, maybe a bit extreem... but could >be easily changed), and if a change (based on md5) detected save another >back-up copy. Not sure how this could be 'embedded' in rosegarden and >how cases like 'do not overwrite existing backups (or do)' be handled... > >https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/3629509 > >Lorenzo I'll have a look at this when I've got some spare time - whatever that is! -- Will J Godfrey {apparently now an 'elderly'} https://willgodfrey.bandcamp.com/ http://yoshimi.github.io Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list Rosegarden-user@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
