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From: jwl@Feanor.Stanford.EDU (John Lockhart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Editor recovery (was: Re: Unvalidated hard disk)
Summary: CED Pro is great, but...
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Date: 20 Apr 89 21:50:01 GMT
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In article <615@madnix.UUCP> perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) writes:
>Actually, CygnusEd Professional provides both timed saves *and* crash 
>recoverability.
>
>1. You can set an interval timer after which CEDPro will remind you to save
>   each file which has not been saved and was altered in that interval.

This is a useful feature to have, but unfortunately the current implementation
is a bit irritating:  CED pops up -- and *activates* -- a requester asking
if you want to save the file.  A simple 'Y' or 'N' will satisfy it and make
it go away.  The problem is that when you're typing quickly it's too easy to
hit a 'y' or 'n' in your work, and have the requester use it as a response.

I've heard that this will be addressed in the next update.  Perry, I'm 
eagerly awaiting that update...how soon will it be?  CEDPro is my favorite
editor; it's easy, powerful, and very configurable.  It's just a hair's
width away from what I'd call the Ultimate Text Editor*, and it looks like
the update will fill that gap.

>2.Should a crash occur between saves, a separate program included with CEDPro
>  called RecoverCedFiles can be run as soon as you reboot. It will inspect
>  all memory and recover any files you were editing before the crash including
>  (usually) all changes made up to the moment the crash occurred. 

This feature has saved my bacon a couple of times---it's great!

>                        Perry Kivolowitz, ASDG Inc.

I have no affiliation with ASDG or CygnusSoft other than being a pretty
happy customer and sometimes-nag.

_________________________________________________________________________
                        -- John Lockhart
             jwl@feanor.stanford.edu  BIX: jlockhart

___________________________________rule 45: There's always a footnote____
    [* Yes, I've considered TxEd, Uedit, vi and emacs clones; emacs is my
       2nd choice, and I have CEDPro emulating a lot of emacs commands.
       No flames/religious wars, please; this is just what works best for
       *me*.]