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From: Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] gschem edits vanishing
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 03:37:57 +0100
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Vladimir Zhbanov wrote:

>> gschem's file format is very very simple, so the behaviour you
>> describe I think will turn out to be due to a mistake such as I
>> described above, or some inadvertent copying of an out of date
>> backup file.
> 
> ... and using a CMS helps to avoid such mistakes.
> 
Automatic commit at every save?

Other applications do either: 

a) implement some kind of locking. Only one instance of the 
application can open a document at a time. This is kind of old style. 
It is prone to irritate users with stale lock files in case an 
application is not closed properly for some reason. MS-Word is/was 
infamous for this.

b) detects changes of the file in the file system and make sure the 
user does not accidentally overwrite with a new save. If pcb sees a 
third party change of the currently open file it present a big orange 
beam on the top of the window and asks what to do -- reload or 
continue working on the old version. This greatly reduces the chance 
to unknowingly mess up intended changes with a save.

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