DWN2@psuvm.psu.edu (05/08/91)
WriteNow seems to have a bug that causes the document to vaporize during spell
checking. The bug usually shows up if a SAVE hasn't been done for a dozen or
more spell checked words. Anyone else experience this? Document vaporization
also occurs if you paste too many graphics into a paper between saves. I
learned this trying to put together NeXT style manuals using the GRAB program.
This bug brings up another question. Is there some way to autosave files you're
editing, be they WriteNow, TopDraw, InterfaceBuilder, or another type. I have
managed to bomb all of these programs, without leaving a trace of the files I
was working on. Even SAVE early and SAVE often doesn't restore the lost
thoughts in these files. I'd love to see future releases of all editing
programs have some sort of autosave function. Until that time, is there some
way to run a daemon or other process that will look for open files and save
them based on some sort of time parameter ( perhaps every 5 minutes ). Perhaps
an entry in the cron file? If anyone has thoughts on this please e-mail them
to me and I will try to put together something. (I'll put together something
if you e-mail me or not, but your input is very much welcome).
Dave
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