Thanks for the info, Ted.
As regards the autosave feature, I'm thinking in terms of a periodic backup to file during normal operation (not prompted by a crash).
Be interesting to get users' views if there are major disadvantages, though I can see any. Should this be an option? Active by default?
The dialog on restart would be complementary to this background save behaviour, telling you that there was an image available to be recovered.
I'll write up a feature request when I'm back at a networked desktop.
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-----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-admin@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-user-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Ted Gould Sent: 06 October 2005 17:17 To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Kernel Panic - Recovery File would be useful
cefn.hoile@...1039... wrote:
Is it stored as a matter of routine, or only when Inkscape knows it's going down? What is the naming convention?
Inkscape only saves them when it knows that it is going down, something like a segmentation fault. If the whole OS crashes, I don't think there
is anything Inkscape can do. (I would imagine that a kernel panic would
limit writes to the disk even if Inkscape knew that it was going on).
As far as a dialog on startup, I think that's a good idea. If you could
submit an enhancement request for it, that would be great!
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=93438&atid=604309
--Ted
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