From: Virgil Arrington Jr. (virgilarrington@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 12 2002 - 16:36:32 GMT
Dom wrote:
>In my opinion, the folder to save bacup files to should not be
>configurable.
I'm not sure this makes sense to me. Shouldn't a user be able to choose
where to keep backup files, say in folder called "Backups?"
>However, AbiWord should delete backup files after the main
>document has been saved.
This behavior seems a little strange to me, too. I've used .bak files to
restore an old version of a document where, for whatever reason, I decided I
didn't like the changes I made during the current editing session. If my
backup is deleted once the main document is saved, then I lost my
old-version security blanket. I'm not sure this is "standard" behavior
among word processors. I always thought a .bak file would be created when a
file was opened for a new editing session and then the .bak file would
remain on the disk until the main document was saved, closed, and reopened
at a later time, at which time a new .bak file would be created.
Francisco's recent requests (auto-cap sentences; no path in title bar;
autosave preferences) really drives home to me how differently we all work
and how important it is that a program be flexible in allowing a wide
variety of preferences. One of the oft-heard criticisms of Word is that it
requires us to work the way Redmond dictates (no path in title bar; no
on-screen indication that a file has been modified; lists being
automatically generated when all I wanted was to put a "1." at the beginning
of a paragraph; the list goes on.) I would hate to see Abi be worthy of the
same criticism because its developers were unwilling to allow a modification
of easily changeable preferences.
Virgil
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