GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 676062
Auto Save Feature
Last modified: 2012-11-22 17:21:59 UTC
There's this irritating thing about GIMP, where the program doesn't exactly freeze.. but it just stops working. Like, non of the tools respond, and you can't access anything. This happens VERY frequently with me, and I was wondering if something like this happened, a back up would be made automatically, and it could open up when you enter GIMP again? :/
Hi Zach, Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. Please try the new stable GIMP version 2.8.0 (or later) and report back if the problem still exists, as there will not be any more fixes to the old stable GIMP version 2.6.x. Unofficial Windows builds for 2.8.0 are available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-win/files/GIMP%20%2B%20GTK%2B%20%28stable%20release%29/GIMP%202.8.0/
Auto-save is bug #138373, with a long discussion about possible approaches.
I agree with the autosave wish, but as Michael stated, it's a duplicate of bug #138373. Zach or Bugsquad, can you please mark this bug as RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug #138373? Thank you.
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 138373 ***
(In reply to comment #2) > Auto-save is bug #138373, with a long discussion about possible approaches. *Enhancement feature* I know nothing about coding .... I do like the auto-save feature found on other programs. INKSCAPE has this feature. Can you borrow this code and use it in Gimp 2.8.x and newer? To trigger this feature: based on "time past since last time saved" ? example: like every 5 minutes as a temp file, somewhere near the same folder as the normal path of saved work. Just in case we do crash .. we know where to look for our last saved copy (or make it suggested save path) (or) I like the "browse for a folder" feature here also) Of course, the user MUST turn ON / OFF this feature and 'adjust' the time pasted to the next time saved (temp copies). (confusing? see the way INKSCAPE works) Hope this isn't too confusing for code people ... how to make this feature Thanks in advance team, r P.S. I LOVE THE GIMP -- Photoshop people eat ur heart out! :) Thanks for all the hard work everyone puts into this project.
You've commented a bug that has been resolved as a duplicate of another bug. This means that your comment will be lost to anyone who didn't happen to be notified by mail. Please read the comments of bug #138373 and check if you have a solution for some of the problems discussed there.