08-26-2017
Prevent xed editor from creating backups
This is the oddest thing I've seen in any text editor in the three OSes I've used since buying my first home computer in 1993.
Short version: "where's the switch?"
the xed GUI (version 1.0.6) appears to have no Option to keep it from creating backups (~-marked files) if a text or ASCII file is let open for 5 minutes or more, or edited without saving for about that long. Neither Pluma, gedit or kate/kwrite (which I also use, though far less frequently) do this, and I know gedit and the two KDE editors at least have an Option to prevent it from happening.
I like the idea of backups in word-processors, but as I only script (and don't code; I make an 'old-school' distinction there), I see no reason for them in other types of writing or editing. When writing scripts I much prefer Geany, mainly for its color scheme in shell scripts. In xed etc, I normally write the lists and what-have-you my scripts use as input.
Any Google hit I've followed that describes this option, ie enableBackups, doesn't explain as to where to write it. Is it necessary, as with wget or curl, to create a config file the app will read as it launches? Will it, in version 1.0.6, see such a file as valid?
I should probably post these questions to the appropriate forum on github, but I've honestly not been able to find the "front door" of any of those, even Google-ing for them.
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Last edited by iamwrong; 08-26-2017 at 09:46 AM..
Reason: Emphasised cerain words, edited clauses.
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bf-model-editor
BF-model-EDITOR(1) General Commands Manual BF-model-EDITOR(1)
NAME
bf-model-editor -- The model editor for the Bear Engine.
SYNOPSIS
bf-model-editor [-h] [--log-concise] [--log-file=file] [--log-level=string] [--log-uniq] [-c] [-u] file(s) ...
DESCRIPTION
This program is the model editor for the Bear Engine. This is a part of the Bear Factory.
OPTIONS
The following options can be passed to the program:
-c, --compile
Compile the files and exit.
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
--log-file=file
Write log output in "file".
--log-level=string
Output log messages up to a given level, among "error", "warning" and "verbose".
-u, --update
Open and save the model files.
-v, --version
Print the version of the editor and exit.
SEE ALSO
running-bear(6), bf-animation-editor(1), bf-level-editor(1)
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Julien Jorge julien.jorge@gamned.org. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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