Re: Re: A new graphic user interface
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- Subject: [mg111783] Re: [mg111747] Re: A new graphic user interface
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:55:24 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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A good in-program back-up solution allows, at the user's choice: (1) timed auto-save, with a user-specifiable interval; and (2) on-demand back-up. On 8/12/2010 5:28 AM, David Bailey wrote: > On 11/08/10 09:49, Murray Eisenberg wrote: >> The main issues, from my point of view are simply to ensure: >> >> (1) if Mathematica crashes, you only lose the past so-many minutes work; and >> >> (2) you can readily retrieve earlier versions of a notebook; >> >> (3) and take care of all this directly from within Mathematica. >> > > I don't want something that saves at regular intervals, because > inevitably it will save part way through a long set of changes, and > produce something inconsistent. Maybe some option to take a copy the > file each time it is saved, to a stack of back versions. > > Also, when Mathematica starts to get into a mess - as inevitably it does > now and again - I don't really want it writing backup files, etc. > > I am not sure there is a good fully automatic solution to the problem. > > David Bailey > > http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk > > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305
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- Re: A new graphic user interface
- From: David Bailey <dave@removedbailey.co.uk>
- Re: A new graphic user interface