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Does anyone know of any notepad++ plugin that saves a version of whatever I'm working on periodically? Ideally, it would save many versions with the automatic version number and the date in the title, and perhaps store them in a zipped archive to save space.
Does something like this exist already, or shold I attempt to write such a plugin myself?
Thanks,
Cameron
P.S. It should be freeware or (preferably) open-source.
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With Notepad++'s built-in “save/open last session” + “enable session snapshot and periodic backup”, Notepad++ automatically saves a backup of all edited-but-not-saved files into the defined backup directory, every N seconds (as defined by preference setting – defaults to 7sec).
Short answer: enable “Session Snapshot and Periodic Backup” to get that same behavior. That is the default, out-of-the-box behavior of Notepad++, so you must have turned it off on “the other PC”. If you want post-it notes, use Windows builtin sticky notes.
Red tab is indicating unsaved changes and I can save it by ctrl-s. I can also save it by closing the tab (n++ will ask).
Settings > Preferences > Backup tab > Click Verbose Backup
This will time stamp a copy of your file every time you save.
Update:
AutoSave allows to automatically save the currently open files based on a timer schedule (default is 1 min) and/or upon the application losing focus. The plugin offers a couple of options to save the current (or all the files), selecting only the named ones, accessible through a menu.
[Via Lifehacker]
Update2: BEWARE: If the Custom Backup Directory you set to is deleted/moved, then the backups won't happen! No error is thrown notifying you of the dead link!
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