Re: Auto-save

Hi,

I don't this is possible via our external script. However, it is doable
using a plugin and is really trivial to implement I think. One just needs a
timer that fires every x seconds and saves all open documents. Or
alternatively it can be implemented in the editor component.

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 11:39 PM Stefan Riha <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I switched from vscode a couple of months ago and I'm quite happy with kate. However, I miss is auto-save which saved me dozens of identical key presses per hour.  Given that auto-save has apparently been a feature request for a decade [1] and not implemented, I assume it will not be implemented for some time.
>
> What I mean by 'auto-save':
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> Currently I do this:
>
> 1) Edit e.g. a python script
> 2) Save a file with shortcut, e.g. Ctrl-s
> 3) Switch to a terminal and run the python script
>
> I want to do this
>
> 1) Edit e.g. a python script
> 2) Switch to a terminal and run the python script
>
>
>
> without having to press Ctrl-s.
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>
>
> Having no idea about kwrite/kate (or Qt and KDE in general), I can think of the following options to solve my problem:
>
> *) Modifying the source code (difficult)
> *) Writing a plugin (don't know if possible/feasible?)
> *) automation via a shell script (don't know if possible/feasible?)
>
> I'd prefer the last option (shell script). Do you think this is feasible?
>
> Can I somehow run a background process that would trigger a save-action,
> e.g. in the event that a *.kate-swp file is created for that file?
>
>
>
> [1] https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=102258
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> Thanks for your help!
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>
>
> Regards, Stefan
>