Perhaps add lasttrash prevtrash1 2 ... directories, where the former
copy of any page that is being replaced can be moved.  This perhaps
could be the easiest way to implement a safety net within the current
wwwoffle framework, giving the user a chance to rescue an older version
of a page he is upset about the changes to, or even disappearance of.

Advice about what the user would do, wwwoffle-mv or whatever, to
'rescue' a page from the lasttrash, prevtrash1 ... dirs, could be put
on those index pages, or a link from those pages ... that we can
discuss later.  The important thing is to implement them next release:
with a mere moving the D* and U* files of a page being updated,
instead of deleting them, we can finally give wwwoffle sorely needed
minimal safety net protection!

When some net-blurp somewhere replaces your monster Unicode master table
with a 1x1 .gif, no sweat, just check in lasttrash, prevtrash1 ...

Worried that you wont notice until it falls of the end at prevtrash7
or whatever?  No fret, just adjust the prevtrash limit to 47 or
whatever.

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