Post by dw817 on Apr 18, 2009 19:58:26 GMT -5
Hi Tom:
* Since I'm experimenting with checking memory for both strings, files, and pushspace with arrays, I have more than once crashed the B4GL IDE.
Suggest that when you run your program to check it, you autosave to a file like, just that, saved.gb, no prompt for overwrite or anything, it doesn't interfere with the filename you save manually, it's there just to help you.
Additionally suggest that you also use this autosave feature every 5 or 10 minutes of coding to a file like autosave.gb. Hard-drive's are quite speedy now and there's no need not to backup something you've worked on for hours every 5 to 10 minutes to a single recovery file, maybe add config for # of minutes before autosave.gb file is written to.
If other coders are annoyed by creating two additional files on their HD, you could add config to have either or both turned ON or OFF. I guarantee it'll make someone happy who's been writing code for hours and their computer powers down, or some other background task kills or hangs their OS beyond recovery.
Thank you.
* Since I'm experimenting with checking memory for both strings, files, and pushspace with arrays, I have more than once crashed the B4GL IDE.
Suggest that when you run your program to check it, you autosave to a file like, just that, saved.gb, no prompt for overwrite or anything, it doesn't interfere with the filename you save manually, it's there just to help you.
Additionally suggest that you also use this autosave feature every 5 or 10 minutes of coding to a file like autosave.gb. Hard-drive's are quite speedy now and there's no need not to backup something you've worked on for hours every 5 to 10 minutes to a single recovery file, maybe add config for # of minutes before autosave.gb file is written to.
If other coders are annoyed by creating two additional files on their HD, you could add config to have either or both turned ON or OFF. I guarantee it'll make someone happy who's been writing code for hours and their computer powers down, or some other background task kills or hangs their OS beyond recovery.
Thank you.
i was writing a really simple game and wouldnt you have it storm knocks power out and i lose 350+ lines of code 
autosave would have at lease allowed me to keep most of it.
Using F5 to test all my projects now.
thnx for the info 
and that is just with one B4GL window, if more than one are opened they show in that wee box and if you hover over it all the other windows go see-through.
