[Qgis-user] i have been digitizing polygons for a few days and QGIS crashed

[Alexandre Neto]

Hi again,

There's an autosave plugin that can help those (like myself) who constantly
forget to save their work. I can configure it to save both the project and
the edited dara.

Alexandre Neto
QGIS Support
www.qcooperative.net

A sábado, 9/10/2021, 06:22, Zoltan <zoltans at geograph.co.za> escreveu:

> What's a floppy disk?  ;-)
>
> On 2021-10-08 22:55, Garth Fletcher wrote:
>
> Alexandre Neto wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> You are missing one of the most important aspects of QGIS (and most GIS
> software): The data is independent of the project.
>
> The project > save action saves the project, which include what layers you
> have loaded, what order you gave them, their styles, and so on.
>
> When you edit vector layers, you need to use the save icon in the
> digitising toolbar, the one next to pencil icon that you have probably
> clicked to start editing. This is done layer by layer.
>
>
> The only time I have seen QGIS prompt the user to save an edited but not
> yet saved layer is when you Quit.
> At that moment it does seem to remind one about any unsaved layers.
>
> However, if it crashes then any unsaved new layers, or unsaved changes to
> pre-existing layers, are lost.
>
> The crucial step,as Alexandre says, is to save the changes in the layer by *clicking
> on the floppy diskette icon* next to the pencil...
> Alternatively, toggling the Pencil to turn of editing will also prompt you
> to save changes.
>
>
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>
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