Issue 15963 - Autosave - overrides the user's file
Summary: Autosave - overrides the user's file
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Impress
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: recent-trunk
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P3 Trivial with 7 votes (vote)
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Reported: 2003-06-23 18:42 UTC by arielt
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:37 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: FEATURE
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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".