Re: [Gimp-user] Make time stamped backups as one overwrites image with CTL-S?

[Partha Bagchi <partha1b gmail com>]

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Dave Bodenstab <dave_bodenstab comcast net>
wrote:

> I've begun learning & using Gimp. I figured I may as well start with the
> newest version of Gimp that I could find so I am using Partha's build:
> win7x64, v2.9.5, commit 14795c1.
>
> I should have been more careful but I ignored the "Unstable Development
> Version" warning which I get when I start Gimp. I lost quite a bit of work
> after getting some error messages about not being able to read swap or
> something. A save (CTL-S) seemed to work, so I continued. It turns out the
> image is corrupted.
Yes, you have to save and save often. Another option is to always make a
backup of the image you're about to edit.

> Question: many editors have an option to make a backup of the item being
> edited before writing over the original. I know I could do a "save as" but
> that is rather tedious as I would have to type a name each time. Is there
> any option or extension that would save a time stamped backup before
> overwriting the original when I use CTL-S to save my progress?
GIMP's default saving option is an XCF file. So, I am assuming you are
talking about a backup of the XCF file itself? I am not aware of this
option.

> I would think this would be a very useful option. I was very surprised to
> find that I could accidentally move the background layer. It seems to me
> that it is far too easy to accidentally do something (because I forgot to
> click the right tool), not notice and then save over my original.
You should be able to click on the lock button so that you don't
accidentally move a layer.

> As an aside, is there something I could put on the windows shortcut that
> would save a log of error messages? The popup said something about writing
> to stderr, but that does not exist on windows when I start via the shortcut
> link.
Assign the error window to one of the tabs. that way, you don't see
message/error windows popping up. This way, you can save everything in that
tab to an error log if you will.

Also, my builds create and save a log of the current session in your temp
folder. The file is called runGIMP-2.9.5-std-(long series of numbers).log.
Your temp folder is usually C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Temp. Note
that this log is deleted at the start of the next GIMP session.

Hope this helps.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Partha