[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144511] New: [DOCUMENTATION] Please describe how auto-save works in enough detail so users know when it will occur

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144511

            Bug ID: 144511
           Summary: [DOCUMENTATION] Please describe how auto-save works in
                    enough detail so users know when it will occur
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 7.1.4.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: luke.kendall at gmail.com

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

I have no idea how Writer decides when to auto-save.
When auto-save starts, it locks the document I'm editing until the auto-save
has completed, and it interrupts the editing. It can also take 30 seconds or
more, completely destroying 'flow'. Its unpredictability is a problem.

Things I would like to know:

1. Is auto-saving something that is decided at some moment for all open
documents? Or is it performed per document, independently?
2. When auto-save happens for one open doc, does that mean it will soon happen
for other open docs?
3. Auto-save occurs at an interval the user can control: what is the start
point for that period?
(Possibilities include: 
a) last auto-save for the document
b) last save of any type (auto or manual) for the document
c) last manual save for the document
d) any of a) - c), but only if the doc (any doc?) has been edited since 'last
save'
e) last auto-save of the first doc opened
f) last auto-save of the first doc opened that's still open now
g) last save of any type, for the first doc opened;
h) ....
I'm speculating because I still haven't identified the pattern despite tens of
thousands of hours of use of LO)
4. When is the auto-save deleted (I assume there is only a single auto-save for
each open document)
5. Maybe include a high level statement of what the feature is meant to
achieve. Initially I thought it mean "How many minutes of work on a document do
I want to risk losing if LO crashes?", but I'm not sure if it really means that
or not.

Basically, I'd like to know when Writer will decide to auto-save so I can try
to save manually and thus avoid having it kick in and interrupt my workflow

Please note that I really appreciate the feature for those cases where I forget
to save because I'm so wrapped up in what I'm doing, though!

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