Rich, thanks for the prompt reply... > >defaults write com.barebones.bbedit Filing:EnableAutoSave_v2 -bool YES > >defaults write com.barebones.bbedit Filing:AutoSaveIntervalInMinutes_v -int 1
> You shouldn't mess with those unless you were specifically > advised to. They are documented in the help with no such comment, just a warning that they involve the command line (scary!). Suggest clarifying that text sometime. > > However, it still isn't auto-saving. What's up? > The "auto save" is really "crash recovery"; it's not that the > "Save" command is periodically invoked, but rather that enough > information is periodically saved that in the event of some > external event, information can be recovered the next time you > start the application. Interesting. OK, what I need protection from is not a BBEdit failure but a personal brain fart/user error. Is there a way to make sure that the file is written to disk every so many minutes? -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com.