Hitting back in Firefox didn't work for me. Maybe because the file is
re-read on each page load. The method I am working on saves the 3
most recent versions as backups and adds a Restore button (next to
Save) and select that lets you choose which file to restore. Not very
elegant but functional.
On Nov 20, 1:39 pm, "Yarko Tymciurak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes - VCS calling interface is what I remember, and I think it is a good
> idea (if integrated well).
> For client-end editing "from the web" with some sort of reasonable undo that
> is more reliable than the browser, I suggest (ahem - hard to do, since I've
> been using Chrome the past few months) using Firefox, with the "its all
> text" plugin - that lets you edit any form "offline" in an editor of your
> choosing (e.g. vi).
>
> Only problem w/ that - when editing w/ web2py, you have to constantly
> change to "text" mode for "its all text" to come up / work. Would be nice
> for those people if this default (what comes up when you edit) was
> configurable.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:32 PM, achipa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Yarko, maybe including is the wrong word if Massimo is referring to my
> > VCS web2py patch. I'm providing a mechanism to call whatever
> > underlying VCS you are using in the project. It's just making web2py
> > smart enough to detect different VCS files, and putting a button or
> > two on some of the admin pages to do update/commit/revert (by calling
> > the adequate VCS modules or simply executing a shell command). I've
> > already done it for subversion and bazaar, and it's just a couple of
> > minutes of work to add anybody's favourite. It's very unwieldy (like
> > any VCS) to use for edit/save/run type of development.
>
> > I personally think the back button is something that you should not
> > rely on (for whatever purpose). With any fairly recent web2.0 site it
> > will only wreak havoc as 'back' is not really the 'back' the user
> > might think it is. I'm generally not a great fan of using web-based
> > editors for serious work, but that's probably just my VI addiction
> > speaking.
>
> > On Nov 20, 7:13 pm, "Yarko Tymciurak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:52 AM, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > > Let me think about. I thought we were going to include a real version
> > > > control system eventually.
>
> > > We've had this discussion in the past: it makes no sense to "include" a
> > VCS
> > > in web2py (too many people have favorites).
>
> > > It _can_ make sense to write a unified interface, so that you can "plug
> > in"
> > > your favorite VCS (and location of repository).
>
> > > Once that is in place, it would be nice to version projects - but even
> > so, I
> > > would do this on-demand ("checkin").
>
> > > This kind of editing "undo" is probably another layer of behavior,
> > distinct
> > > and different from what a VCS is for. If you look (for example) at
> > > docs.google.com, when editing a file, auto-save is in effect for some
> > time
> > > period. If you look at your document's history, you can see a "session"
> > > might have 4 or 5 (or more) saves, and inspecting each, you can see that
> > > they grabbed something you were in the middle of.
>
> > > I'm not sure we want / need to get that elaborate (or do we?).
>
> > > Think about implementing a simple 'undo' mechanism first - something
> > beyond
> > > browser back, short of an auto-saved versioning system (which I think
> > would
> > > be too big a distraction for web2py).- Hide quoted text -
>
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