Perhaps all you need then is to record the edit history as a temporary file that disappears when you save, together with the original workflow that you were working on. This eliminates the need to decide on an arbitrary amount of time for autosave and more user preferences that people may never even know about...
You could put these files in a /tmp directory in $Taverna_home which would be detected by taverna at startup, which would then ask you if you want to apply unsaved chances or something? Cheers, Andrew Alan R Williams wrote: >> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:23:10 +0000 >> From: Paul Fisher <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] > >> Ok. > >> How about autosave *and *recovery. > >> Microsoft Word creates a temporary file that is purged from the system >> (if no errors are reported) when the application closes. If a fault >> occurs, the temp file can be used to recover the document at the last >> autosave checkpoint. > > OK. Should the autosave include the edit history? > >> Substitute document for workflow. > >> Taverna would autosave the workflow say every 30 minutes, as a temporary >> file. > > 30 minutes sounds too long to me. You can make a lot of changes in 30 > minutes. I guess it could be configurable via preferences; you could > also configure where to save the autosaves. > >> If the workbench crashes, this could be used to recover the >> workflow. > > and it prompts you about them when you start Taverna again. > >> If I closed the workbench, the temp file could then be deleted. > >> regards, >> Paul. > > Alan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are > powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and > easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development > software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. > Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > taverna-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/taverna-users > Documentation: http://www.mygrid.org.uk/usermanual1.7/ > FAQ: http://www.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/Mygrid/TavernaFaq > Biological Services: > http://www.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/Mygrid/BiologicalWebServices -- Dr Andrew Gibson Universiteit van Amsterdam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ taverna-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/taverna-users Documentation: http://www.mygrid.org.uk/usermanual1.7/ FAQ: http://www.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/Mygrid/TavernaFaq Biological Services: http://www.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/Mygrid/BiologicalWebServices
