Talking about "Save a copy"
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:28:56 +0100 jiho <jo.irisson@...400...> wrote:
Well, assuming SVG is also available as export (which it probably should if it can give you the possibility, as with other formats, to export only a part of current drawing) you could just export your work regularly and the result would be the same. One could even
Anyone with a coding background can think of a dozen ways to save backups, including export and VCS as Florent Becker suggested. What I'm seeing in a few apps. is "Save a copy" becoming part of the standard File menu / Edit menu template that the naive user understands is there for them to easily create safety backups of their work.
imagine having things such as special expressions in the export dialog name which would transform into unique characters e.g. massive_project_%n.svg
This is cool, but given the target audience (everyone) what about having "Save a copy" or "Save a backup" or whatever just automatically offer massive_project_<n>.svg as a filename where <n> is one more than the highest numbered version found. Seems to me expecting people to understand % substitution is asking too much.
Cheers -Terry