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The generic concept of automatically saving information to the disk or to a remote server, triggered by a timer or any other event.

The generic concept of automatically saving information to the disk or to a remote server, triggered by a timer or any other event.

Use this tag if your question directly relates to autosave-behaviour in a specific editor or framework.

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Eclipse save automatically

I would like Eclipse to automatically save every time I edit a file, in much the same way that it builds automatically. Because I've been using IntelliJ for the last year (which saves automatically by default), I keep having the following…
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Is there a visual studio automatic save configuration setting?

I use the java IDE IntelliJ IDEA and one of the features I like is that there's no saving. Everything's always saved and you just use history navigation. I tend to have both editors open and I'm always forgetting to save in VS. I'm running vs 2008…
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iPython Notebook/Jupyter autosave failed

I am working in iPython 3/Jupyter running multiple kernels and servers. As such, i often forget to personally save things as I jump around a lot. The autosave has failed for the past 3 hours. The error says: "Last Checkpoint: 3 hours ago Autosave…
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How do you keep Notepad++ from opening unsaved documents from the last session?

Sometime around May 2014 Notepad++ had an update where it started saving unsaved documents without being told to. When closing Notepad++ it no longer asks whether or not you want to save or discard unsaved documents and instead just closes. When…
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How to auto-save a file every 1 second in vim?

I don't want to know about why you should not auto-save or there is swap file etc or whatever reason to not auto-save. I simply want to auto-save the current working file to save in every 1 second in vim. How can I achieve this?
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Eclipse Auto Save before build?

Coming from a Visual Studio background... How do I tell Eclipse that it should auto save when ever I build rather than ask each time. VS.NET has it under "Options", but I can't find it in Eclipse. I use a Mac.
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Autosave input box's to database during pause in typing?

I have a large form on my website that I want to be able to autosave to a database as the user is filling it out. Almost identical to how google drive works when typing a document. I am trying not to have a function that runs every X seconds but…
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Turn Off Autosave in IPython Notebook

I'm looking for a way to turn OFF autosave in iPython notebook. I've seen references via Google/Stack Overflow searches on how to turn ON autosave but I want the opposite (to turn OFF autosave). It would be preferential if this was something that…
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How to disable Auto Save in Android Studio

Is there way to disable auto save in Android Studio? I have already unchecked "Save files automatically if application is idle for n sec" under Setting->General. Anything else to be done?
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how to save/read class wholly in Python

som = SOM_CLASS() # includes many big difficult data structures som.hard_work() som.save_to_disk(filename) #then later or another program som = SOM_CLASS() som.read_from_file(filename) som.do_anythink_else() or som =…
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Prevent auto-saving of photos to gallery when uploading photos in Android Browser using input type=file capture=camera

I am using a well-known HTML 5 method of capturing and uploading images that will support most recent smartphones. Here's my code: Works beautifully on all the devices I care…
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How to automatically save files on lose focus in Emacs

Is it possible to configure Emacs, so that it saves all files when the emacs window loses focus?
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How to configure eclipse to autosave on run?

I'm looking for a configuration or plugin for eclipse that automatically saves files (so I don't have to use Ctrl+S). It could do it on lost focus or over some period of time. I think I saw something like that (I know IDEA has it), but I cant find…
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How can I AutoSave my Visual Studio 2015 files when it loses focus?

I'm working with CSS, HTML, and JavaScript in my classes, and I've recently started working with Visual Studio 2015. In Notepad++, there's an add-on that allowed me to automatically save all my opened documents as soon as it lost focus. This saved…
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Visual Studio 2008\Backup Files folder created when every new VS instance is opened

I think I have something broken with the path that VS 2008 saves the backup files. Since few days, it creates a new "Visual Studio 2008" directory in the same folder that my .sln file exists. Then, after the time of the first auto-save expires, the…
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