[Geany] Lost all my scribble notes

[Teresa e Junior]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:21:21 +1000
Russell Dickenson <russelldickenson at gmail.com> wrote:

>On 31 January 2012 09:37, Teresa e Junior <teresaejunior at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:33:01 +1100
>> Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>[...]
>>>> Thank you for the tips, Lex, but it basically means I've lost all
>>>> my notes, doesn't it? Unfortunately, I don't have a recent
>>>> backup :(
>>>
>>>Unless you can find a copy somewhere I'm afraid, yes, it means you
>>>have lost them.  I can't criticise, my backups are way behind too.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, don't you think it is a good idea to change the notes to a
>>>> separate file instead of a variable in .conf? Of course, I have a
>>>> separate application for notetaking, but scribble is handy for
>>>> quick notes while working in Geany.
>>>
>>>Storing scribble in a separate file would not make it any less
>>>vulnerable, but it would add extra complexity, which that makes
>>>everything more vulnerable.
>>>
>>>Cheers
>>>Lex
>>>
>>
>> OK, thanks!
>
>Can I suggest perhaps adding your configuration files - Geany's at a
>minimum - to a version control repository, whether using git, bazaar
>or any other modern system? Once you had that done you could also
>schedule an import of config files perhaps once a day. They'd only be
>stored locally but at least you could revert to any revision with a
>minimum of disk space being used.
>
>Another suggestion would be to keep important notes somewhere other
>then Geany but that doesn't solve the essential nature of the problem.
>
>
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Thanks, Russell, that's a nice suggestion! But I think what I really
need actually is to schedule daily backups of at least my text files
to my spare hard disk. I keep my backups there, but only run rsync
once a month :p

Best regards,
Teresa e Junior