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Re:What If OpenDocument Used SQLite? by dsego on Monday September 18, 2023 @07:56AM (#37554999)
That may have been true years ago in win 95 or xp days. The modern paradigm starting with google docs is that things are automatically saved and even always sharable through the cloud, making manual saving actually an atavistic leftover of a bygone era.
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Re:What If OpenDocument Used SQLite? by iggldiggl on Monday September 18, 2023 @08:16AM (#37555144)
What if I actually don't want any changes saved because I've only opened a document for reference purposes?
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Re:What If OpenDocument Used SQLite? by ghkbrew on Monday September 18, 2023 @08:33AM (#37555284)
Then you proactively prevent changes. Either "open a copy" or "open in readonly mode".

If you make saving the default you have to manually not save. It's a trade off versus default no saves with manual saves

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Re:What If OpenDocument Used SQLite? by ReactiveJelly on Monday September 18, 2023 @08:24AM (#37555194)
Have a "Read-only" checkbox. For the love of God, have a "read-only" checkbox.
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Re:What If OpenDocument Used SQLite? by NavinF on Monday September 18, 2023 @08:59AM (#37555508)
Modern apps like gdocs have a toggle for switching between read-only, suggest changes, and editing. If you forgot to toggle, you can just open version history and revert. MS Office also had version history for nearly a decade.
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