My work-flow for dealing with backups from FrameMaker sessions ... Was: RE: Best practices for converting FM to Robohelp

[Reng, Dr. Winfried]

Hi,

I need the backup files now and then. Sometimes (once a year)
I do something, save, close the file, and then I notice that I made
a mistake. Without the backup I could not undo the mistake.

Or very rarely FrameMaker starts to have problems with a file
after a certain operation.

Therefore I always have the automatic backup enabled!
If you think that you do not need it, you can disable it.
I think it's just an additional safety measure.

Best regards

Winfried

> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-
> bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 8:33 PM
> To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net);
> framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: My work-flow for dealing with backups from FrameMaker sessions
> ... Was: RE: Best practices for converting FM to Robohelp
>
> The .backup files were essential before 7.2 added undo, but since then
> they have seemed to me to cause more trouble than they avoid. I can't
> recall having had a problem where they would have been useful. It
> seems like a legacy feature.
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain
> (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net> wrote:
>
> > FWIW, I don’t like/use the idea of disabling the automatic backup feature
> > within FrameMaker as mentioned by Robert Lauriston – even though my
> editing
> > session work-flow does not strictly need them anymore.

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