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Originally Posted by eschwartz
. . . autosaving itself is far, far, far, far, far too destructive for that purpose, IMHO.
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If you mean autosaving over the top of the original then I couldn't agree more - but is there any 'widely used' software that does that in this day and age. Notepad++ does what Word does without the Recovery leg. The auto-save files have recognisable names including a timestamp so Recovery 'relatively' easy.
By 'widely used' I'm referring to software that's used by more than just the person who wrote it and their besotted (browbeaten) family members
But to me the main issue with auto-saving a 'package' like an EPUB is what gets auto-saved. Should all the files be bundled up into 'new' package that could be profoundly invalid, or should it be just the components that changed since last save. Either way is fraught with difficulties. And IMO, on that basis alone, the developers would be justified into putting it into the 'too hard' basket.
BR