Bug 138726

Summary:	File saved when application crashes
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdelibs	Reporter:	Alessandro Garberi <agarberisoft>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	grave	CC:	nate, ralf.habacker
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Alessandro Garberi 2006-12-12 22:53:32 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages
OS:                Linux

Some times, when the application crashes, the opened file is saved.
This is good because you do not lose your work, but it has a drawback: if you've just made a mistake and the application crashes, you have a file with the mistake saved!

Example:
- create some classes
- connect them
- save
- modify something (e.g.: you delete a class by mistake)
- "undo" (most simple way to make umbrello crash)
- reload umbrello
- you have lost your deleted class

Not always reproducible (I don't know what make it happen/not happen), but happens often.

Expected behaviour:
- the file should never be saved automatically, but it should be saved in a copy
- when the program is reloaded after a crash, the user should be asked if recover from the copy or use the last save version.

Comment 1 Stefan Monov 2007-02-06 00:26:44 UTC

This should be implemented in all document KDE apps IMHO.

Comment 2 Ralf Habacker 2013-09-02 13:21:07 UTC

As already mentioned by Stefan this is similar to the libre/openoffice recovery dialog, which should be implemented in kdelibs

Comment 3 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-10 03:23:54 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-21 04:25:32 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? This bug will be moved back to REPORTED Status for manual review later, which may take a while. If you are able to, please lend us a hand.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2019-12-06 19:30:32 UTC

This isn't an actionable bug, I'm afraid. Each app needs to implement this behavior individually. Here's the bug report trakcing it for Kate, for example: Bug 353654.