Re: Vanilla Feature Request-Autosave Option

On Apr 12, 11:05 pm, Timo Pietil=E4 <timo.piet...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Paul J Gans wrote:
> > Gargoon <Noog...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>> I've always thought that was cheating and so I'm not in
> >>> favor of encouraging it.  Make a person at least think
> >>> about it first.
> >> This proposed change would not encourage bringing back dead
> >> characters.  When a character dies, it would automatically overwrite
> >> the save file just like it does when you die having saved with
> >> "control s".
>
> > All one has to do is bail out of the game when one's hit points
> > get dangerously low and your character isn't safe.
>
> > I regard that as something akin to cheating at solitare.
>
> If you are ready to do that then autosave isn't going to change much. As
> Gargoon says you can always use ctrl-s to save if you feel unsure what
> will happen next.

There's another option.  Add an undo feature, like I did for OS X.
Here's the code (from osx_tables.h, unangband src):

=2E..
  {'cmds', HICOM, PrintCommand, kEditMenu, "Cheaters never win!" } //
display undo popup window.
=2E..