NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/apps/20583

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From: [e-mail] (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Journaling word processor follow-up (Wordperfect)
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Date: 26 Jan 93 19:31:11 GMT
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 A little while ago, I posted asking about a word processor that would journal
 keystrokes/mouse clicks so a file could be recovered if the computer crashed.
 I have since found out that Wordperfect has an adequate capacity for this.
 While it seems to not exactly "journal" user activities, it has a timed
 backup feature which causes the file to be written (either to a temporary
 file or to the original) at whatever interval you specify (granularity seems
 to be a minute). If the system crashes, when Wordperfect is restarted, it
 notices the presence of the temporary files and asks whether you would like
 to recover from them, into an untitled window. I've exercised this feature
 several times, and it seems robust.

 Note that unlike Word's Autosave feature, which bothers the user with a
 dialog each time, Wordperfect's method is transparent to the user.

 Hope this helps,
 Rich

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