[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 122530] FILESAVE: Auto save timing logic problem: can save too frequently

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122530

--- Comment #14 from Telesto <telesto at surfxs.nl> ---
(In reply to Luke Kendall from comment #12)
> It helps a little, in that it clarifies that the behaviour is not fully
> documented.
> 
> "Specifies that LibreOfficeDev saves the information needed to restore all
> open documents in case of a crash. You can specify the time interval between
> saves."
> 
> 1) The documentation doesn't specify what is used as the starting time for
> the time measurement.
> 
> 2) The documentation doesn't specify whether the starting time is per
> document or for all open documents.
> 
> I would argue that for best usability, the time should be measured per
> document.
> It should be relative to each document's last save time.
> 
> Otherwise if you are working on many large documents, one or another will
> always be triggering a general autosave.

Never had any thoughts this deep about autosave ;-). I would say interval after
each open document, starting from opening. 

However this will be an issue: otherwise if you are working on many large
documents, one or another will always be triggering a general autosave

This is more or less a a design flaw of LibreOffice. I would prefer this
solution: bug 63554 However not gonna happen any time soon.

An alternative: running multiple instances of Writer using multiple AppImages/
Snap packs (not sure what is what). This way you wouldn't into the have to wait
before auto save is finished issue of all the documents.. with a relative
normal saving interval (instead of setting in 20 minutes) to be able to
continue work. However might be slightly confusing to differentiate between all
those instances..

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