ksbolduan@amherst.bitnet (10/23/90)
I just picked up the Saviour DA from the sumex archives. Supposedly it automatically save whatever you're working on at regular intervals. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work with my SE/30 and System 6.0.4. It seems incredibly archaic (circa 1986!) and maybe it doesn't like Multifinder or any of the myriad of inits that I'm using. Are there any other programs, preferably INITs or CDEVs which will do auto-save after a given length of time or number of characters typed? It would seem to be quite a simple INIT to write, and would help many who have recently switched from IBM WordPerfect to the Mac where the feature is implemented. E-mail repsonses to me and I'll summarize for the net. Kevin Bolduan KSBOLDUAN@AMHERST
tang@motcid.UUCP (Sam D. Tang) (10/25/90)
ksbolduan@amherst.bitnet writes:
:I just picked up the Saviour DA from the sumex archives. Supposedly it
:automatically save whatever you're working on at regular intervals.
:Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work with my SE/30 and System 6.0.4. It seems
:incredibly archaic (circa 1986!) and maybe it doesn't like Multifinder or any
:of the myriad of inits that I'm using.
:Are there any other programs, preferably INITs or CDEVs which will do auto-save
:after a given length of time or number of characters typed? It would seem to be
:quite a simple INIT to write, and would help many who have recently switched
:from IBM WordPerfect to the Mac where the feature is implemented.
:E-mail repsonses to me and I'll summarize for the net.
:Kevin Bolduan
:KSBOLDUAN@AMHERST
There are some problems with this approach BUT you can always put a cmd-S
into a QuicKeys' "periodic" QuickTimer to save every so often for most
applications. The CDEV allows for startup, recurring (at intervals starting
at 1 minute), and shutdown macros. Other macros could toggle this periodic
saving on and off by pulling up the control panel and clicking a few times.
Also, not only IBM software has auto-save capabilities. I don't see it
that often but I have seen it. One problem is that the user is probably the
best judge when it comes to deciding when/how often to checkpoint his work.
It usually takes only one or two bad experiences to become a conscientious
backer-upper. After that stage it's a matter of hitting two keys at the right
time. Simple. You also don't have to sit through a useless save, or, more
importantly, a save that permatizes a very bad change you didn't get a chance
to undo.
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tang@motcid.UUCP (Sam D. Tang) writes: >ksbolduan@amherst.bitnet writes: >:I just picked up the Saviour DA from the sumex archives. Supposedly it >:automatically save whatever you're working on at regular intervals. >:Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work with my SE/30 and System 6.0.4. It seems >:incredibly archaic (circa 1986!) and maybe it doesn't like Multifinder or any >:of the myriad of inits that I'm using. >:Are there any other programs, preferably INITs or CDEVs which will do auto-save >:after a given length of time or number of characters typed? It would seem to be >:quite a simple INIT to write, and would help many who have recently switched >:from IBM WordPerfect to the Mac where the feature is implemented. >:E-mail repsonses to me and I'll summarize for the net. >:Kevin Bolduan >:KSBOLDUAN@AMHERST >There are some problems with this approach BUT you can always put a cmd-S >into a QuicKeys' "periodic" QuickTimer to save every so often for most >applications. The CDEV allows for startup, recurring (at intervals starting >at 1 minute), and shutdown macros. Other macros could toggle this periodic >saving on and off by pulling up the control panel and clicking a few times. >Also, not only IBM software has auto-save capabilities. I don't see it >that often but I have seen it. One problem is that the user is probably the >best judge when it comes to deciding when/how often to checkpoint his work. >It usually takes only one or two bad experiences to become a conscientious >backer-upper. After that stage it's a matter of hitting two keys at the right >time. Simple. You also don't have to sit through a useless save, or, more >importantly, a save that permatizes a very bad change you didn't get a chance >to undo. There's a supported commercial DA called Shadow. When first released, it supposedly had a few incompatibilities... check for its current status. At first I was inclined to use autosavers on the Mac, because that was one feature of the otherwise horrid IBM CMS mainframe operating system I valued, but I don't use it nowadays because on the average SCSI HD the save takes too long with many documents (I don't want it kicking in while I'm writing down a thought which might flee while a two-minute save is executing) and because on a Mac the autosave alters the original file, not a temporary one like under CMS or Unix, and I don't sometimes want to keep the changes I made. Boris Levitin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WGBH Public Broadcasting, Boston boris@world.std.com Audience & Marketing Research wgbx!boris_levitin@athena.mit.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (The opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily coincide with those of my employer or anyone else. The WGBH tag is for ID only.)