IDE Save

[Peter Haworth]

Thanks for the explanation.  Haven't tried the destroyStack property  
but using Close and Remove From Memory wants to close the stack file,  
not just the currently active stack window.

So I guess the only way to discard changes to a specific stack window  
is to either use Close/Remove From Memory or Quit, and deny the save  
option, is that right?


Pete Haworth

On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:22 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> I think some of this is just a misunderstanding of what "save" does.  
> Saving writes the current state of the stack to disk, as you'd  
> expect, but it does not change the state of the stack that's still  
> in RAM.
>
> If the stack's destroystack property is false (the default setting  
> in prefs) then the stack isn't really removed from RAM when you  
> close it. It's just hidden and taken out of the message path. The  
> next time you open it, any changes you made will still be there  
> regardless of whether you wrote those changes to disk or not.  
> Destroystack only affects mainstacks. Substacks are never removed  
> from RAM until the mainstack is.
>
> So, if you make script or object changes and deny the Save dialog,  
> that doesn't mean that the cards or scripts will revert. If they are  
> still in RAM, they will retain whatever you last did to them.  
> However, if you choose "Close and remove from memory" from the File  
> menu, and say no when asked to save, then I think you'll find that  
> the next time you open the stack your changes will in fact have  
> disappeared.
>
> If you always want stacks removed from RAM when you close them,  
> reset the Preferences option to do that (Files & Memory pane,  
> "destroystack peroperty is set to true for new stacks".) For  
> existing stacks, set the property in the stack inspector. It won't  
> affect any substacks, but mainstacks will definitely removed when  
> they close, and your changes won't be there the next time the stack  
> opens.
>
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