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From: preston@lll-crg.llnl.gov (David R Preston)
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Subject: Re: W4W AutoSave macro
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Date: 13 Dec 90 08:16:25 GMT
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In article <1990Dec12.181221.2597@javelin.es.com> lwallace@javelin.es.com (Lynn Wallace) writes:
>preston@lll-crg.llnl.gov (David R Preston) writes:
>
>>The following is a very simple autosave macro to use instead of 
>>the silly thing built into W4W that bugs you to save at random 
>>intervals. 
>
>Very interesting stuff.  I am curious, is this a problem with other programs?

Well, I'm a UNIX hacker and I believe in what-you-do-is-what-you-get.  I don't
want the idiot-proofing "I don't think you want to do that, Dave" that is built
into all of the user-friendly software now.  Or at least I want a way around it.
Windows seems especially bad in this regard with its "do you want to close the 
program manager?", "do you want to close the file manager?" crap. The "autosave"
in W4W pops up a message box, accompanied by a nerve-rattling beep, that asks
if you want to save.  It doesn't have "don't ask" as an option.

BTW, my apologies to those of you who may have tried to use my autosave
macro before 10am.  My SO, a military brat, pointed out to me that the
hours between midnight and 10am have to have a leading zero.  A fixed
version of the simple macro, and an autosave macro with a dialog box
and options and a way to turn it off once it's been turned on, will be
posted as soon as I get the error-trapping right, and do the auto-installing
script.
-david

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