Just noticed that this last query and my response should have gone via the user
group. John
-------- Original message --------From: jbarrow104 <jbarrow...@gmail.com> Date:
12/12/2019 17:40 (GMT+00:00) To: "Ortwin Pinke | Parkerlebnis.de"
<ortwin.pi...@parkerlebnis.de> Subject: Re: Auto-backup of unsaved source files
In the simple case, you could use Windows explorer to access the files that
were maintained in that session, although ideally Netbeans would detect that
there were unsaved files in that user specified folder when next launched and
remind you whether you want to load them back into Netbeans in an unsaved state
so you then either discard or save your work.Having the option, no matter how
crude, is infinitely better than having to type back in your latest
changes.John-------- Original message --------From: "Ortwin Pinke |
Parkerlebnis.de" <ortwin.pi...@parkerlebnis.de> Date: 12/12/2019 15:07
(GMT+00:00) To: John Barrow <jbarrow...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Auto-backup of
unsaved source files
Hi,
and what should happen if you' ll need that shapshots and in
witch case?
Regards Ortwin
Am 10.12.19 um 21:42 schrieb John
Barrow:
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Slim,
Thanks for trying that.
However, looking at some of the user
comments on the plug-in page, one of them states “is
that it simply executes the Save All action at regular
intervals”. Your experience below seems to back this
up.
This wasn’t really what I was after as that
affects the main source files and I might want to throw the
changes away. The version I was used to, used a different,
user specified folder to snapshot all the open source files
into and refreshed the contents every ‘x’ seconds. Once a file
was saved in the IDE, the snapshot was deleted to avoid
cluttering up the folder.
That way, it didn’t interfere with the
normal operation of the IDE, but sits in the background for
the rare time it may be needed.
Perhaps, once I have learnt enough Java and
have time to build Netbeans from scratch and learn about
writing your own plug-ins, I might have a go at providing one!
John
From:
Paul "TheSlimDude" Morris
Sent: 10 December 2019 20:34
To: users@netbeans.apache.org
Subject: Re: Auto-backup of unsaved source files
So
this one works. No delay at all, though. As soon as you
type, it saves. There does not seem to be any configuration
for it. With saving that frequently it may introduce some
problems of it's own. I'm not sure I like it. But at least
it works. Tested in 11.1.
---
Cheers,
Slim
On
2019-12-10 15:13, Oliver Rettig wrote:
I
have just found an other one:
http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/63714/autosavemodified
I
just installed it in 11.1. No objections from the IDE but
I have it turned on in Options/Miscellaneous and a file I
have open and edited is not being auto-saved. Based on
this, I'd say it does not appear to work. :(
---
Cheers,
Slim
On
2019-12-10 12:26, John Barrow wrote:
Slim,
Thanks,
that plug in appears to describe exactly what I was after,
just one minor issue, I am running Netbeans 10.0, shortly
to upgrade to version 11. There doesn't appear to be a
version to support these instances of NetBeans.
However,
I have bookmarked the page and will keep an eye on when
that version becomes available unless there is another
AutoSave plug-in that is more up-to-date.
John
From:
Paul "TheSlimDude" Morris
Sent: 10 December 2019 16:42
To: users@netbeans.apache.org
Subject: Re: Auto-backup of unsaved source files
You
mean this on ehere?
http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/37077/autosave-module-for-6-9-and-later
---
Cheers,
Slim
On
2019-12-10 11:39, Oliver Rettig wrote:
Hi,
I
remember there was a Autosave-Plugin but I can not find it
any more. Any body else remembering on such plugin?
best
regards
Oliver
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
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