Hi again, There's an autosave plugin that can help those (like myself) who constantly forget to save their work. I can configure it to save both the project and the edited dara.
Alexandre Neto QGIS Support www.qcooperative.net A sábado, 9/10/2021, 06:22, Zoltan <zolt...@geograph.co.za> escreveu: > What's a floppy disk? ;-) > > On 2021-10-08 22:55, Garth Fletcher wrote: > > Alexandre Neto wrote: > > Hi, > > You are missing one of the most important aspects of QGIS (and most GIS > software): The data is independent of the project. > > The project > save action saves the project, which include what layers you > have loaded, what order you gave them, their styles, and so on. > > When you edit vector layers, you need to use the save icon in the > digitising toolbar, the one next to pencil icon that you have probably > clicked to start editing. This is done layer by layer. > > > The only time I have seen QGIS prompt the user to save an edited but not > yet saved layer is when you Quit. > At that moment it does seem to remind one about any unsaved layers. > > However, if it crashes then any unsaved new layers, or unsaved changes to > pre-existing layers, are lost. > > The crucial step,as Alexandre says, is to save the changes in the layer by > *clicking > on the floppy diskette icon* next to the pencil... > Alternatively, toggling the Pencil to turn of editing will also prompt you > to save changes. > > > -- > > ============================================= > Zoltan Szecsei GPrGISc 0031 > Geograph (Pty) Ltd. > GIS and Photogrammetric Services > > Cape Town, South Africa. > > Mobile: +27-83-6004028 (Signal, not WhatsApp)www.geograph.co.za > ============================================= > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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