RE: Re: Auto-backup of unsaved source files

[John Barrow]

Emilian,   Thanks for the suggestion. I tried this option (as was hinted during a Google search) before emailing but there wasn’t anything in the list. I assume that this is because it was a new file and I hadn’t saved it yet.   I ideally wanted something that did an auto-snapshot every x minutes (user specified) somewhere external to the main source folder, specifically for the case where I hadn’t yet saved my current set of changes so I then had the option to retrieve these latest ‘in progress’ edits, or start back with the last version that was saved in Netbeans.   The way I read it, the “Local History” allows you to see all the previous saved snapshots of your source (a bit like you get for each committed change to a source control system).   John   From: Emilian Bold Sent: 10 December 2019 15:36 To: John Barrow Cc: NetBeans Mailing Subject: Re: Auto-backup of unsaved source files   See Local History. --emi   mar., 10 dec. 2019, 16:58 John Barrow <jbarrow...@gmail.com> a scris: Is there an option for Netbeans to auto-save your work every (say) 5 minutes so that if Windows reboots (for example after an update) and you have forgotten to formally save work to date, there is a place to go (e.g. specified folder) that will have the version of source just before (or near enough if set the snapshot to be taken every minute) the application was closed / killed?   My previous development environment had this option which made you lazy but MS Office also has something similar. While it may not save every last word, it is a useful background task that minimises the effect of any external activities.   I ask, as have just lost ½ hours typing due to performing a Windows Update that required a restart and I forgot to first check that I had explicitly saved all my changes in Netbeans (force of habit based on old development environment).   I googled to see if there was an obvious answer and had a look at the Editor Options in Netbeans but couldn’t see any support for this.   Thanks (for the next time it happens)!   John   --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists   --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists