Save incremental (aka Save +)

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

Save, Save As, Save a Copy seem to be hard-coded into the gimp core rather than assigned to the particular plugin(s).
If the document is saved at least once, [e.g. Filename.xcf] is it possible
to Save Incremental* [ Filename_01.xcf, Filename_02.xcf and so on] by a keystroke?
I suspect it takes the code intervention to have this functionality in gimp natively.
But what about a script/plugin to save incrementally without invoking the script window?
Is it possible at all?

*It is almost the same as Save a Copy, the only difference is each time a new file
is being written with _01;_02 suffix to the file name.
Some applications have this feature through a keyboard shortcut or Save+ toolbar button, which I think is very useful.
Fits my workflow perfectly, as I save my docs as Filename_Start, Filename_01, Filename_02, ...... Filename_Final.
Not that it's something I can't live without but anyway, any ideas?
Thank you.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4757

It wouldn't be very difficult to have a plugin running in the background but this would be useful when doing non-trivial work, which usually involves rather big XCF files, so you would need a lot a free disk space...

bilbo9955 · **Joined:** Jul 11, 2010 **Posts:** 349

Rob A wrote a script "save as backup" that will save as

[imagename-ext]-YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM.XCFGZ

I believe it is on th3e GIMP plugins site.

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

I've just installed it. Exactly what I was talking about except for the file suffix thing but
as long as it stocks the back up files in chronological order I don't care about the 01, 02 stuff.

Works great! I recommend it to everyone who works with big images.
You don't have to initiate the script at the beginning of each gimp session (like e.g. autosave_A plugin),
just assigned Alt-B keystroke and voila!

And it doesn't change the source file. Great script Rob! :tyspin

Thank you, bilbo, for pointing me in the right direction! :bigthup

bilbo9955 · **Joined:** Jul 11, 2010 **Posts:** 349

Glad that I could be of help to you!

RobA · **Joined:** Jul 14, 2010 **Posts:** 697

You can change it to save as .xcf instead of .xcfgz if the compression is slowing things down. I was just more concerned about drive usage.

Also, it will only keep the last 5 backups and delete older ones. If you want to change this edit the line:
(maxbackups 5) ; Change this to define the number of backup files to keep!!!

setting it to 0 will make unlimited backups.

-Rob A>

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

RobA wrote:

You can change it to save as .xcf instead of .xcfgz if the compression is slowing things down. I was just more concerned about drive usage.

Also, it will only keep the last 5 backups and delete older ones. If you want to change this edit the line:
(maxbackups 5) ; Change this to define the number of backup files to keep!!!

setting it to 0 will make unlimited backups.

-Rob A>

Thanks Rob, I changed it to 0 right after I installed it (thanks to the description on Gimp Plugin Registry).
Compressed xcf is fine, gimp saves and opens them without delay. The only problem with xcfgz is that the thumbnail
viewers can't generate the previews (using SageThumb).

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