Automatically save SVG art each x minutes

Inkscape already has an auto-save feature since Inkscape 0.47.
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.47#Autosave

Are you asking about an integrated versioning system which could be managed from within Inkscape? A simple variant for example would be a GUI to access the versions saved via Autosave from within Inkscape; a more complex request could be e.g. to extend the Inkscape SVG file format to include persistent undo history, and thus implement a version control system based on incremental changes stored within the Inkscape SVG file itself?

Hi ~suv. Actually the question is really simple to be honest. Just to auto
save file from x to x minutes.

I believe that having a full versioning system inside inkscape -- or that
it could be controlled from inside inkscape -- would cost a lot of
development time for the dev team. And they can always use SVN, Git,
Bazaar, Mercurial.

What do you think?

--Victor Westmann

2015-11-07 16:52 GMT-02:00 ~suv <email address hidden>:

> Your question #273862 on Inkscape changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/273862
>
> ~suv posted a new comment:
> Inkscape already has an auto-save feature since Inkscape 0.47.
> http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.47#Autosave
>
> Are you asking about an integrated versioning system which could be
> managed from within Inkscape? A simple variant for example would be a
> GUI to access the versions saved via Autosave from within Inkscape; a
> more complex request could be e.g. to extend the Inkscape SVG file
> format to include persistent undo history, and thus implement a version
> control system based on incremental changes stored within the Inkscape
> SVG file itself?
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

On 2015-11-07 21:52 (+0100), Victor Westmann wrote:
> Actually the question is really simple to be honest. Just to auto
> save file from x to x minutes.

You want to propose that Inkscape's current 'Autosave' feature is changed to overwrite the original file itself, instead of saving a copy every x minutes in a special directory (the autosaved copies can be used to restore an eariler version e.g. in case an unexpected corruption occurs, e.g. due to a crash)?

Or do you want to add a second auto-save feature in Inskcape, which (optionally) could be enabled to have Inskcape overwrite the original file every x minutes?

Hi Suv. The 2nd option.

--Victor Westmann

2015-11-07 19:07 GMT-02:00 ~suv <email address hidden>:

> Your question #273862 on Inkscape changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/273862
>
> ~suv posted a new comment:
> On 2015-11-07 21:52 (+0100), Victor Westmann wrote:
> > Actually the question is really simple to be honest. Just to auto
> > save file from x to x minutes.
>
> You want to propose that Inkscape's current 'Autosave' feature is
> changed to overwrite the original file itself, instead of saving a copy
> every x minutes in a special directory (the autosaved copies can be used
> to restore an eariler version e.g. in case an unexpected corruption
> occurs, e.g. due to a crash)?
>
> Or do you want to add a second auto-save feature in Inskcape, which
> (optionally) could be enabled to have Inskcape overwrite the original
> file every x minutes?
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

Shoot. Feeling silly now. Just realized the 0.91 version ALREADY have this
feature implemented. hehe

--Victor Westmann

2015-11-07 19:51 GMT-02:00 Victor Westmann <
<email address hidden>>:

> Your question #273862 on Inkscape changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/273862
>
> You gave more information on the question:
> Hi Suv. The 2nd option.
>
>
> --Victor Westmann
>
> 2015-11-07 19:07 GMT-02:00 ~suv <email address hidden>:
>
> > Your question #273862 on Inkscape changed:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/273862
> >
> > ~suv posted a new comment:
> > On 2015-11-07 21:52 (+0100), Victor Westmann wrote:
> > > Actually the question is really simple to be honest. Just to auto
> > > save file from x to x minutes.
> >
> > You want to propose that Inkscape's current 'Autosave' feature is
> > changed to overwrite the original file itself, instead of saving a copy
> > every x minutes in a special directory (the autosaved copies can be used
> > to restore an eariler version e.g. in case an unexpected corruption
> > occurs, e.g. due to a crash)?
> >
> > Or do you want to add a second auto-save feature in Inskcape, which
> > (optionally) could be enabled to have Inskcape overwrite the original
> > file every x minutes?
> >
> > --
> > You received this question notification because you asked the question.
> >
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

On 2015-11-07 23:08 (+0100), Victor Westmann wrote:
> Just realized the 0.91 version ALREADY have this feature
> implemented.

As mentioned in my first reply - timed Autosave exists since Inkscape 0.47.

Here's again the link to the release notes describing the feature when first introduced:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.47#Autosave

Inkscape 0.91 has the same Autosave feature (for timed backups) that was introduced a few years back in Inkscape 0.47.

Inkscpe 0.91 has however no built-in feature to 'save' (as in 'overwrite the original file') at a timed interval.

Thanks mahfiaz, that solved my question.