Almost Autosave

Introduction

This Autosave feature saves numbered versions of edited files into a dedicated folder, without overwriting your originals. In Artbox, if Autosave is not active, a dull red Status Bar label appears as a reminder (this can be turned off in Preferences > Help System > Show Almost-Autosave reminder).

Note: You must start Autosave manually each session in GIMP; so it’s “almost” an autosave.

New in Artbox: Artbox now includes an experimental Commands Dockable system, allowing you to trigger scripted commands automatically.

See a demonstration video on YouTube

You can use this to start Autosave automatically when an image is opened or edited:

Save the following as signal-dirty.gcmd in your commands folder*.

# GIMP command item

(name "signal-dirty")
(command "(script-fu-almost-autosave #:run-mode RUN-NONINTERACTIVE)")
(description "Automatic Autosave")
(icon-name "gimp-marker")
(language script-fu)
(event-signal "dirty")
(enabled yes)
(execute-once yes)
(coalesce-signals no)
(coalesce-threshold-ms 100)

# end of GIMP command item

Restart Artbox. If the plug-in is installed, Almost-Autosave will start automatically as soon as you open or modify an image.

• Commands location example: /home/mark/.config/Artbox/3.0/default/commands

This plug-in utilizes a set up plug-in, it helps the main plug-in do its core task. For the plug-in to function the set-up plug-in needs to be installed as well.

almost-autosave.zip
Installation

Back-up Folder and File Structure

• Autosave Folder
  • File Name
    • autosave_1.xcf
    • autosave_2.xcf
    • autosave_3.xcf

Plug-in Menu Location

File -> Almost Autosave