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From: tang@motcid.UUCP (Sam D. Tang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Re: Auto-save INIT? (Or, Saviour DA)
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Date: 24 Oct 90 19:58:28 GMT
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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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