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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">One of the least awkward ways to work with FrameMaker files and backups is probably to use revision control software like SVN or git. I keep backups disabled
in FrameMaker because I know that every commit of changes to my files is backed up and reverting is easy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">This has worked wonders for us and I think it’s the way to go for a modern solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> September-05-14 2:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> John Sgammato; Robert Lauriston<br>
<b>Cc:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: My work-flow for dealing with backups from FrameMaker sessions ... Was: RE: Best practices for converting FM to Robohelp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Robert and you are on the same page.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Since I don’t really use them for anything either, I suppose I could also turn this off too … it is just more of my belts and suspenders belief
coming through, I suspect!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> John Sgammato [<a href="mailto:john.sgammato@actifio.com">mailto:john.sgammato@actifio.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 05, 2014 11:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robert Lauriston<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Syed Zaeem Hosain (<a href="mailto:Syed.Hosain@aeris.net">Syed.Hosain@aeris.net</a>);
<a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: My work-flow for dealing with backups from FrameMaker sessions ... Was: RE: Best practices for converting FM to Robohelp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have turned off the backup feature since FM9. I am on FM12 now. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have never had reason to regret that decision. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Robert Lauriston <<a href="mailto:robert@lauriston.com" target="_blank">robert@lauriston.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The .backup files were essential before 7.2 added undo, but since then<br>
they have seemed to me to cause more trouble than they avoid. I can't<br>
recall having had a problem where they would have been useful. It<br>
seems like a legacy feature.<br>
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On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain<br>
(<a href="mailto:Syed.Hosain@aeris.net">Syed.Hosain@aeris.net</a>) <<a href="mailto:Syed.Hosain@aeris.net">Syed.Hosain@aeris.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> FWIW, I don’t like/use the idea of disabling the automatic backup feature<br>
> within FrameMaker as mentioned by Robert Lauriston – even though my editing<br>
> session work-flow does not strictly need them anymore.<br>
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