Re: [Bug-gnubg] Autosave questions

[Christian Anthon]

Michael Depreli wrote:
> Another additional feature with regards to autosave:
> 
> It's possible for software to recognize when the last use terminated
> unexpectedly so would it be possible
> that gnubg upon restart prompts the user with a message asking whether
> they would like to open the autosaved copy?
> 
> Michael.
> 

There are certainly room for improvement in the user interface part of
the auto-save feature.

For the reasons mentioned by others I aimed for a solution that would
work regardless of the current file name and status of the open file.

Where we come up short compared to other programs is that we open
multiple instances of gnubg - how does one keep track of the ownership
and status of the auto-saves? That is, is autosave.sgf from a live or a
dead session? Since we don't know the answer to that question we cannot
help the user in case of a crash. Perhaps making it clear
(configurable?) where auto-saves are located would help a lot?

Christian.

> 
> 
>> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:23:28 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Autosave questions
>> From: address@hidden
>> To: address@hidden; address@hidden
>>
>>
>> That¹s not a bad idea, however that can¹t be used in all cases. One such
>> case is If you have started a match (or set up a position) without
> saving it
>> previously (thus no name). I also have a feeling this is just the
> first cut
>> at getting autosave implemented. Christian put a comment in the Changelog
>> that the feature needs testing, so I think any comments on improving
> it are
>> more than welcome at this point - thanks!
>>
>> On 02/10/09 12:09 PM, "address@hidden"
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> > OK I found it and it appears to work.
>> >
>> > I would think the most user-friendly option would be to simply save the
>> > autosave file in the same directory as the original
>> > and simply append the filename autosaved?
>> >
>> > So.. matchxyz.sgf simply becomes matchxyzautosaved.sgf unless there is a
>> > specific reason why they need to have unusual temporary names and be
> in a
>> > separate directory?
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:57:46 -0600
>> >> Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Autosave questions
>> >> From: address@hidden
>> >> To: address@hidden; address@hidden
>> >>
>> >> I haven¹t followed up with Christian about how things are suppose
> to work,
>> >> but from my testing the Autosave data gets stored in your home
> directory
>> >> under /.gnubg/backup (similar place to where you find the
> gnuvgautorc file).
>> >> There you will find SGF files for matches that are autosaved. They
> may have
>> >> unusual temporary names but you should be able to find the data you are
>> >> looking for. The question for Anthon is ­ how is autosave suppose
> to work
>> >> from the user perspective. Is looking in the backups directory the
> intent.
>> >>
>> >> Michael
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 02/10/09 10:47 AM, "address@hidden"
>> >> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi
>> >>> Just to check...
>> >>> If I set the autosave to 1 minute and start a rollout that takes
> longer than
>> >>> that, each minute the rollout data gets saved to the file
>> >>> so if gnubg crashes, when I reopen the file the data should be
> saved at the
>> >>> last autosave and I can continue?
>> >>>
>> >>> I tried doing rollouts both individually and via CMark for about 5
> minutes
>> >>> (setting autosave to 1 minute) , crashed gnubg and reopened
>> >>> but the data wasn't saved.
>> >>>
>> >>> Unless I'm doing something wrong or misunderstand the autosave
> feature.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Michael
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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