But the *functionality* I'd like is an action so each time I save a file the previous version gets put in a designated backup folder with a datestamp, e.g. "index.php.20050114_2015" or the like. Really whatever's easiest!
It seems to me, that this isn't really autosave, it's more of an automated versioning. I know it seems like sort of a semantic argument, but an actual autosave feature, where you can set it to save to a temp file every 5 minutes or something, would be really really nice. I know it has saved my butt in programs like Word a couple of times (granted it was because the PC I was on crashed before I had saved; who worries about that with TM? ;) and I personally would love to have that feature.
PS. And I don't think this is really something controllable with a command, since it needs to be invoked without you. Actually, that would be really cool too - have a way to invoke commands on time intervals - so say, update cvs every 10 minutes, or save every 5 minutes, or whatever you wish, whenever you wish. Just a thought. Something like this would remove the necessity of autosave, and give a whole bunch of other functionality at the same time.
- Jon
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