Issue 15963

Summary:	Autosave - overrides the user's file
Product:	Impress	Reporter:	arielt <arielt>
Component:	code	Assignee:	AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	Trivial
Priority:	P3	CC:	issues, marius.andreiana
Version:	recent-trunk
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux, all
Issue Type:	FEATURE	Latest Confirmation in:	---
Developer Difficulty:	---

Description arielt 2003-06-23 18:42:52 UTC

Autosave overrides the user's file (i.e., saves on the same filename).
Indeed, a backup can be saved, but if two autosaves were
done, than this backup no longer has the originally saved data.
There should be an option for a user to autosave with a different
(maybe even hidden) filename, s.t. the original save made by the
author is never altered, and the author can ALWAYS return to whatever
he/she saved manually.

P.S.:  I can't be sure this is the correct place to file the bug,
but anyway, I found it in simpress.  I'd be grateful if anyone
could reassign this bug to whereever it fits best.

Comment 1 wolframgarten 2003-06-24 08:24:27 UTC

Issue type changed to Feature.

Comment 2 wolframgarten 2003-06-24 08:24:39 UTC

Reassigned to Bettina.

Comment 3 mandreiana 2004-10-16 10:09:39 UTC

Should Component be changed to Framework?

Comment 4 soulofmyshoe 2004-11-11 14:31:40 UTC

*** Issue 15963 has been confirmed by votes. ***

Comment 5 soulofmyshoe 2004-11-11 14:38:38 UTC

I think this is pretty important enhancement for the AutoSave feature.  I have
been using OpenOffice for almost 3 years now, but I still sometimes lose an
original file because I opened it up to use as a template, then forget to save
it to a new filename before autosave gets to it.  I could set autosave to ask
before saving, but that interrupts the flow of typing and gets very irritating.
 MS Office handles this by saving the document as a temporary hidden file, which
I think makes a lot of sense.  That way, the user's document is backed up, but
we don't end up accidentally losing data (which is VERY frustrating).
If using a hidden file is not feasible (due to hidden files being treated
differently for different platforms), perhaps the temporary files could be
placed in a working subdirectory in the OpenOffice directory which is designed
just for this purpose.

Comment 6 paenson 2010-05-19 09:24:31 UTC

This is an important issue and extremely annoying. If I have autosave on and
save my data normally, next day I have 2 documents, my original and the
autosaved one WITH THE SAME NAME!!! Many years ago already I suggested
OpenOffice use the same system as WordPerfect: The original document keeps its
original name and remains UNTAMPERED, and any autosaved documents get saved
under another name or with another suffix.

Comment 7 bettina.haberer 2010-05-21 15:11:06 UTC

To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on
my owner to the owner "requirements".