FR: Live backup

[Zahrun]

Make a backup save of all open windows and monitors caption change + size/position change - if system crashes, can restore from live backup

[rxappdev]

Hi,

It's actually on my todo list.

I was thinking of implementing it like this:
[X] Crash recovery - Periodically saves a snapshot of currnently open windows to the disk.
Snapshot interval: [ X minutes ] - default 5

So if you watch a video, and do nothing else, or play a game. It will trigger every 5 minutes, and save nothing (since no data changed).
But if you are surfing, closing and opening windows, it will save every 5 minutes.

I could also add these options (off by default):
[ ] Always save snapshot on window close
[ ] Always save snapshot on window open
[ ] Always save snapshot on caption change

But they might introduce a lot of disk writes (especially caption change)

[rxappdev]

Let me know if you like this idea, I might implement it today.

[Zahrun]

Yes, that would be great, thank you for the kind consideration and thank you for your work

[rxappdev]

Hey, just wanted to post an update. I re-prioritized my TODO list, and this is currently # 3 on my list.

My current plan is to implement:

1. Mouse Tiler: Website single layout editing (ongoing)
2. Mouse Tiler: Fix 125% scaling KDE issue
3. Remember Window Positions: System crash recovery (window position snapshots that will be used to recover)
4. Mouse Tiler: Website multi layout editing
5. Mouse Tiler: Resize adjacent windows
6. Mouse Tiler: Keyboard tiling support

Sorry for the delay.

[Zahrun]

Hey, thank you for the update. You responded to this issue very rapidly and third priority is excellent, no need to apologize. I’ll try not to crash my system in the meantime 😄

[rxappdev]

I recommend sticking to that behavior always :D
Saves you a lot of headache ;)