[WIP] - Implement option to toggle auto save

[jevonmao]

Description

Added an option to toggle autosave.

Related Issue

• #603

Checklist

• [x] I read and understood the contributing guide as well as the code of conduct
• [x] My changes generate no new warnings
• [x] My code builds and runs on my machine
• [x] I documented my code
• [ ] Review requested

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[jevonmao]

@lilingxi01 I just tested it. It looks like auto save toggle works for a single code file, just not for full projects. I will work on fixing that.

[jevonmao]

I might need some help here, anyone familiar with NSDocument? I can't figure out why I'm unable to toggle autosave for workspace documents. Autosave still works when autosavesDrafts is set to false, but documentation says setting that to false will disable autosave.

[austincondiff]

@jevonmao You might have better luck getting help in our Discord #help channel.

[0xWDG]

I might need some help here, anyone familiar with NSDocument? I can't figure out why I'm unable to toggle autosave for workspace documents. Autosave still works when autosavesDrafts is set to false, but documentation says setting that to false will disable autosave.

Hi @jevonmao According to https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsdocument/

class var autosavesDrafts: Bool{ get }

A Boolean value that indicates whether the document subclass supports autosaving of drafts.

This is a get only property, so unusable to stop autosaving.

Maybe the best option is to use a custom delegate and override the write functions, and decide in those functions if you want to write (autosave) or not. (see: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsdocument )

e.g.

func write(to: URL, ofType: String, for: NSDocument.SaveOperationType, originalContentsURL: URL?) Writes the contents of the document to a file or file package located by a URL.

func save(to: URL, ofType: String, for: NSDocument.SaveOperationType, delegate: Any?, didSave: Selector?, contextInfo: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) Saves the contents of the document to a file or file package located by a URL, that is formatted to a specified type, for a particular kind of save operation.

func save(to: URL, ofType: String, for: NSDocument.SaveOperationType, completionHandler: (Error?) -> Void) Saves the contents of the document to a file or file package located by a URL, that is formatted to a specified type, for a particular kind of save operation, and invokes the passed-in completion handler.

And using https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsdocument/saveoperationtype you can see if it is an auto save action.

Hope this helps you.

[lukepistrol]

Any updates on this?

[0xWDG]

@jevonmao Do you have any updates on this?

[austincondiff]

This PR is getting stale. Please resubmit a new PR if you ever finish this.