GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 681226
LaTeXila: Save temporary files
Last modified: 2012-08-05 22:17:47 UTC
Hi, if I write some LaTeX and click LaTeX->PDF (latexmk) before I saved the file, LaTeXila saves a temporary file below /tmp. This is fine, unless you reboot and get lost of that file. Suggestion: - don't store the file automatically, ask the user to do so - store it in /tmp, but ask for "real" storage at exit. I'm using LaTeXila 2.4.0 from Ubuntu 12.04. Regards, Michael.
Yes, maybe the name "tmp.tex" [1] is not sufficient to warn users that the file can be lost. Instead of creating dialog windows to ask/warn the user, an information message at the top of the file is more convenient I think. With a button to save the file in another location. [1] And the fact that the user didn't choose the name and the location of the document.
Sounds nice. If the user is clearly made aware of the "issue", this would be a proper solution. I think any document lost must be avoided. If the user "stumbles" upon the notice, it would be fine. If there is a chance she oversees that notice, a more offensive solution should be preferred. Regards, Michael
This is now fixed: http://git.gnome.org/browse/latexila/commit/?id=b605aedd82edbf068a3322934eff5ebf50e2fa6d It will be available in the next major version (2.6). > If there is a chance she oversees that notice, a more offensive solution should be preferred. The warning is clearly visible, no problem anymore. Thanks for the suggestion!