autosave

[Kris Wong]

> Here's a quick stab at autosave for KDevelop3.
>
> The implementation is straightforward and the only curious thing is
probably 
> the m_isSaving flag. It's needed to weed out a corner case where if a
file 
> has been externally modified and the autosave kicks in, KDevelop will
show a 
> messagebox asking the user for confirmation. Without this flag to keep
track 
> of this state, the messagebox will be launched again and again (for
every 
> autosave) and this is potentially really bad.
>
> I put the configuration in Settings -> Configure KDevelop -> Editor. 
>
> Opinions? Worth applying?

W/o having applied the patch yet, I can think of a few times when I
wished KDevelop had this feature.  Seems fairly isolated, not much
chance of a regression.  It get's my vote. =]

Kris Wong