Sebastian Zartner wrote
On 18 February 2015 at 10:17, TimeWaster <
sebi@
> wrote:
'Save a Copy...' seems unnecessary to me, because it looks like it does the same as 'Save As...'. So it should be removed. Or does it do something different than 'Save As...'?
I use the "Save a Copy..." function a lot and I find it extremely useful. Its difference from "Save As..." is that with the latter the current file becomes the last saved. This means that if you open "MyFile.svg", work on it and then "Save As..." as "NewFile.svg", from now on you are working on "NewFile.svg" not on the former that you opened. This might be exactly what you want, but it could not be either if you intended to make a snapshot of your situation and continue working on the original file. This difference becomes important when you save the current file in a different format, e.g. in PDF: if you "Save As..." in PDF then upon closing Inkscape you'll get a warning that you have saved the file in a lossy format and if you don't "Save As..." it again in SVG (!) you're going to lose your work. While, if you "Save a Copy..." in PDF, upon closing the file you'll be asked to save your work directly in the original SVG file.
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