[Geany] Enabling save after no changes

[Lex Trotman]

>
>
> I just don't want to clutter the prefs dialog with such an option which
> is maybe unimportant for most users.
> What about changing the default behaviour to what you want and add a
> hidden pref for people like me? Though I personally would still feel
> this as a regression (i.e. removing existing features) but I also
> realise that people think different than me :).
>

My two cents, I agree with Enrico, I like to be able to look up at the
toolbar and see that everything is saved before I leave my desk or attend to
other interruptions so I'd prefer the current behavior to be the default.

Whilst I understand the use of saving to update timestamps etc I think that
indicating saved data is a more common and important function that I
wouldn't want taken away,

There does not seem to be a consistent GUI solution as an alternative to
making the save inactive.

But some indication on the file tab seems to be used by several applications
and is reasonably useful if the indication is visible enough.  Applications
don't agree on how to indicate saving is needed but some options are by
colour change, adding one or two * or adding or changing an icon in the
tab.  One of these should be used if the save actions are permanently
available, what do people think?

Cheers
Lex
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