Improving recovering of files
Not sure, if it's a bug report or a feature request.
It cames up from a German discussion: https://musescore.org/de/node/274434
From time to time several users complains, that they didn't find a autosaved version or a backup file, after a score is beyond repair.
(fortunatley I myself didn't have such a situation with my own scores).
But I wonder, if there is a lack of recovering in some cases (to minimize such complains and requests):
Case 1:
- create a score, insert notes
- close MuseScore without saving the score (could occur of an user error or a crash)
Expected result: I'll find a autosaved version
Actual result: there isn't a autosaved version
Case two:
- create a score
- save the score
- close MuseScore
Expected result: There's a backup file in the same folder (whithout restarting MuseScore again)
Actual result: After saving a score the first time there isn't a backup file (only in a second session of MuseScore I'll find this file)
And for the second case: I'm not sure, if MuseScore creates an autosaved version before waiting the two minutes.
As sometimes I'm not familar with such procedures and maybe I misunderstand something (and the answers of Jojo too ;-).
Comments
I believe in case 1 an Autosave file does get created, but in case of a clean exit gets deleted. Everything else would be a bug. Keeping the Autosave in case the file didn't get saved print to exiting Musescore might be an option to consider as a feature request.
In case 2 what should the content of the backup file be? There is no previous version to save.
In reply to I believe in case 1 an… by Jojo-Schmitz
Concerning the backup file I had an error in reasoning. Indeed, it does make more sense to create a backup of the previous version instead of creating a backup after saving the changes at the end of a session (for my request it means: it doesn't make sense to create a unreadable backup file of an unreadable score)
But in booth cases (an unsaved score or a saved score after closing the first session (with a clean exit)), at time there doesn't seems to be possibilities to recover such files, if they're unreadable (for whatever reason). And I wonder, if MuseScore could have a protection for these cases.