auto-save now with confirmation (was: 2.2.0 and auto-save)

hendrik at topoi.pooq.com hendrik at topoi.pooq.com
Sat Jul 7 13:13:24 EDT 2007


On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 09:45:24AM -0700, Beth Leonard wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 11:49:47AM +0200, Christian Stimming wrote:
> > > > #4) (a refinement of #2)  Leave auto-save enabled by default, but change
> > > > the behavior slightly:
> > > >   - When autosave triggers prompt the user with:
> > 
> > Implemented in r16256. Anyone with suggestions for improved wording? The 
> > current wording is:
> > 
> > Title: "Save file automatically?"
> > 
> > Text: ("Your data file needs to be saved to your harddisk to save your 
> > changes.  GnuCash has a feature to save the file automatically every %d 
> > minutes, just as if you had pressed the \"Save\" button each time. \n\n" 
> >   "You can change the time interval or turn off this feature under Edit -> 
> > Preferences -> General -> Auto-save time interval. \n\n" 
> >   "Should your file be saved automatically?"), 
> > 
> > ("_Yes, this time") ("Yes, _always") ("No, n_ever") ("_No, not this time")
> > 
> > The last button is the default one.
> > 
> > Also, I added a checkbox in the preferences for showing this confirmation 
> > dialog again.
> 
> I like it!  Only change I'd make is add a space in harddisk.
> harddisk -> hard disk

It might be good not to autosave if nothing has changed.  Perhaps that's 
taken for granted, but I thought I should mention it ....

-- hendrik


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