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AppGameKit Classic Chat / I create a text editor which saves your files automatically. Does this mean I should save the file each time the user type a letter?

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basicFanatic
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Posted: 11th Jun 2019 23:12
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It seems a bit overkill. Maybe there is a better way?
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smallg
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a timer combined with waiting for character input (to ensure the file is being adjusted rather than just idle)?
and yes saving after each letter would be bad for the harddrive, if they used it a lot you would seriously shorten the life of the disk
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basicFanatic
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Thanks! I felt that constant saving sounded just wrong, but not sure if I was being paranoid.
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I don't think the timer should do it any more often than like every 10 minutes
a save button I think would be much more useful.

But you could have an algorthym that saved on a percentage of changes
as the document increased in size the percentage of changes got less
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Look for pauses as the user types. If the file has changed but nothing has been entered after a minute or something, autosave.
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