Bug 441146 - Autosave and recovery for unsaved changes
Summary: Autosave and recovery for unsaved changes
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: okular
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 21.08.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Okular developers
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Keywords: efficiency
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Reported: 2021-08-18 22:47 UTC by Stuart Axon
Modified: 2024-05-20 17:20 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Stuart Axon 2021-08-18 22:47:16 UTC
It would be good if Okular had an autosave option.

I was adding a lot of highlights to a 79 page document and crashed it 3 times.
One of the times I corrupted the file I was saving (using the archive feature).

(I may have hit save while it was already saving / restoring?)
Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2021-08-19 21:45:58 UTC
Please report those crashes so we can fix them.
Comment 2 Stuart Axon 2021-08-19 23:27:19 UTC
Cheers, I'll try and find a way to report them, though not sure I want to submit the exact document (it's a survey of a house).

It was pretty fiddly but all I was doing was highlighting items and hitting ctrl-s (sometimes the ctrl-s in quick succession).

I realise this isn't that helpful, as the document structure must be important.

Part of the reason I thought autosave is useful, is that PDF is a complex legacy format and all sorts of interactions must be possible.

I'll try and get more info, but about to be very time starved so it may take a while.
Comment 3 Makbac 2024-05-20 17:20:13 UTC
Hello, there was an error while saving. Specifically, I saved the file initially, and when I finished my work and wanted to save it to avoid losing my progress, it gave me the following message: "You cannot save or create a new file because the auto-save process is still not finished." Please do something about this. I really don't want to lose the hours I spent on my drawing.