Re: backintime

2019-01-21 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 02:09:20AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: Finally, some understands the difference, thank you. Finding the save-as stuff in geany, apparently disabled by default, is exactly the stuff I needed. Yes we should have changed the Subject, really, when we changed the subject…

Re: backintime

2019-01-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 21 January 2019 00:12:21 Rusi Mody wrote: > On Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 8:30:05 PM UTC+5:30, David wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 at 21:07, Andy Smith wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 10:29:49AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > > > For those of you with decades of experience

Re: backintime

2019-01-20 Thread Rusi Mody
On Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 8:30:05 PM UTC+5:30, David wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 at 21:07, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 10:29:49AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > > > For those of you with decades of experience of CVS, you might as well > > > stick with it. > > > > > >

Re: backintime

2019-01-19 Thread David
On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 at 21:07, Andy Smith wrote: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 10:29:49AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > For those of you with decades of experience of CVS, you might as well > > stick with it. > > > > For someone entirely new to VCSes, I would absolutely not recommend > > CVS at

Re: backintime

2019-01-19 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 10:29:49AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > For those of you with decades of experience of CVS, you might as well > stick with it. > > For someone entirely new to VCSes, I would absolutely not recommend > CVS at all. Yes. After reading the various diversions into

Re: backintime

2019-01-18 Thread David Christensen
On 1/17/19 7:27 PM, Erik Christiansen wrote: The canonical CVS book is "Open Source Development with CVS", which has been released under GPL3: http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/ Seconded. After a couple of decades using CVS, I'm not likely to shift to the newfangled offerings either. The

Re: backintime

2019-01-18 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 02:27:23PM +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: Seconded. After a couple of decades using CVS, I'm not likely to shift to the newfangled offerings either. … It will, though, take some getting used to, as will any VCS. For those of you with decades of experience of CVS, you

Re: backintime

2019-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 18 January 2019 00:31:21 Rusi Mody wrote: > On Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 10:30:05 PM UTC+5:30, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > 2 instant questions about backintime, which I just now installed to > > make small backups as I work on some mac

Re: backintime

2019-01-17 Thread Rusi Mody
On Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 10:30:05 PM UTC+5:30, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > 2 instant questions about backintime, which I just now installed to make > small backups as I work on some machine config files, and some gcode to > go with linuxcnc. > &g

Re: backintime

2019-01-17 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 17.01.19 18:35, David Christensen wrote: > On 1/16/19 2:15 PM, Andy Smith wrote: > > I second the suggestion to learn version control... > > +1 > > I started with RCS. The concepts and commands are straight-forward, but the > granularity is per-file. It works great for managing key /etc/*

Re: backintime

2019-01-17 Thread David Christensen
On 1/16/19 8:59 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; 2 instant questions about backintime, which I just now installed to make small backups as I work on some machine config files, and some gcode to go with linuxcnc. This after haveing suffered the of having xmlindent nissfire and left me

Re: backintime

2019-01-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 January 2019 12:29:50 David Wright wrote: > On Wed 16 Jan 2019 at 11:59:39 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > 2 instant questions about backintime, which I just now installed to > > make small backups as I work on some machine config files, and some > > gcod

Re: backintime

2019-01-17 Thread David Wright
On Wed 16 Jan 2019 at 11:59:39 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > 2 instant questions about backintime, which I just now installed to make > small backups as I work on some machine config files, and some gcode to > go with linuxcnc. > > This after haveing suffered the of having xml

Re: backintime

2019-01-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 January 2019 20:22:45 Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 08:07:02PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 January 2019 17:15:48 Andy Smith wrote: > > > For bonus points investigate ways to back up the config files of > > > your whole computer. > > > >

Re: backintime

2019-01-16 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 08:07:02PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 16 January 2019 17:15:48 Andy Smith wrote: > > For bonus points investigate ways to back up the config files of > > your whole computer. > > I hate to spoil your attempt at levity, but amanda is doing that every

Re: backintime

2019-01-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 January 2019 17:15:48 Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > I second the suggestion to learn version control, specifically git, > and then force yourself to use it when editing your work. The > discipline will pay dividends. > > That solves the problem of making accidental/incorrect

Re: backintime

2019-01-16 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, I second the suggestion to learn version control, specifically git, and then force yourself to use it when editing your work. The discipline will pay dividends. That solves the problem of making accidental/incorrect changes. Don't forget to back up the git repository though, to protect

Re: backintime

2019-01-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 January 2019 15:56:58 Dan Ritter wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 January 2019 14:17:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 16 January 2019 11:59:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > Option 6: you like using geany, right? > > >

Re: backintime

2019-01-16 Thread Dan Ritter
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 16 January 2019 14:17:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Wednesday 16 January 2019 11:59:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > > Option 6: you like using geany, right? > > https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html#id232 > > I don't

Re: backintime

2019-01-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 January 2019 14:17:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 January 2019 11:59:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Anybody else have a suggestion for a live backup for working on a > > 600 line file? > > How live do you need it to be? > > Option 1: totally manual.

Re: backintime

2019-01-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 January 2019 14:17:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 January 2019 11:59:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Anybody else have a suggestion for a live backup for working on a > > 600 line file? > > How live do you need it to be? > > Option 1: totally manual.

Re: backintime

2019-01-16 Thread Dan Ritter
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 16 January 2019 11:59:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > > Anybody else have a suggestion for a live backup for working on a 600 > line file? How live do you need it to be? Option 1: totally manual. If there's only one or a few files, this works well. $ cp foobar.txt

Re: backintime

2019-01-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 January 2019 11:59:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > 2 instant questions about backintime, which I just now installed to > make small backups as I work on some machine config files, and some > gcode to go with linuxcnc. > > This after haveing s

backintime

2019-01-16 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; 2 instant questions about backintime, which I just now installed to make small backups as I work on some machine config files, and some gcode to go with linuxcnc. This after haveing suffered the of having xmlindent nissfire and left me with an empty xml file of over 250 loc