Would it be possible to retain the last five versions of a program through GarbageCollects?  This would probably be sufficient, though I didn't request it earlier because I figured it'd be hard to pull off.

Would it be possible to have an option to turn these deleted versions into nondeleted Appvars?

In-place, no. A new appvar would have to be created with a copy of the contents. (Note that "turn ... into" implies in-place)

continuing on with the whole "revert to a previous file version" topic, what would be really nice is an option, after having finished editing an archived program, to either get rid of the changes you made (in case you accidentally cleared something important) or save it back to the archive. there was some app or other that had that feature, and i was disappointed when Doors didn't.

Quote from: Freyaday on September 07, 2011, 07:29:23 pm

Would it be possible to have an option to turn these deleted versions into nondeleted Appvars?

In-place, no. A new appvar would have to be created with a copy of the contents. (Note that "turn ... into" implies in-place)

I meant as a copy. Quit inferring things!

I think the best idea for recovery is to have only the changes be saved into an appvar - that is, "diff" the old and new programs, and then save the changes into the appvar. When the developer needs to revert, zStart just reads the appvar and reverses the changes. That way, if you're writing a 10k BASIC program, you're not backing up 10k.

Speaking of "10k programs", it may also be a good idea to have a keyhook while editing the program or in the edit menu to select which programs to keep track of. Of course, there are people who may wish to simply backup everything, so perhaps an option in the zStart app whether to backup selectively or all? (Maybe even whitelist/blacklist! OK, that's probably overkill... )

Also, a feature suggestion - virtual desktops! (Or multiple desktops!)
OK, calculators are not desktops, but what if you could switch between homescreen states? Or even save them?
Here's an example:

I'm in AP Chem, and I have this on my screen.

I just finished class, and am now moving on to AP Physics. I made a mistake on my HW, so I'd like to see what I did last night. *presses [ON] + [->]* Ahh, here we go...


OK, period's over! Now for AP Calc... *presses [ON] + [->]*


Oh hey, there's study hall! Let's whip out some Axe! *presses [ON] + [GRAPH], selects "Dev. Screen"* (this is subject to change)


...and so on. I'll admit that those examples are pretty stupid, but you get the gist of the idea.
The entries should be saved as well, not just the screen.

What are your thoughts?

P.S. - while I was looking up your README for non-hooked combos, I found a ZStart clone!
http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/219/21953.html

EDIT: Oh, and these gorgeous screenshots are provided by http://clrhome.org/resources/homer/! A bit buggy atm, as you might tell, but nevertheless handy to use.

a feature suggestion - virtual desktops! (Or multiple desktops!)
OK, calculators are not desktops, but what if you could switch between homescreen states? Or even save them?
[...]
...and so on. I'll admit that those examples are pretty stupid, but you get the gist of the idea.
The entries should be saved as well, not just the screen.
What are your thoughts?

This might do-able...?  Maybe as simple as saving the entries menu somewhere and execute the lines, simulating homescreen activity (tho not running programs, that could get annoying really fast )

There's already an entry point because you can press ON+Enter in the program edit menu with zstart. I'm just wondering how hard it would be with all the edit stuff being open.

I made an interesting font. It's based off one of my favorite fonts, which just happens to be my new coding font: Cloister Black.

I still need to do some of the symbols, but I worked really hard on it and wanted to post it.

a feature suggestion - virtual desktops! (Or multiple desktops!)
OK, calculators are not desktops, but what if you could switch between homescreen states? Or even save them?
[...]
...and so on. I'll admit that those examples are pretty stupid, but you get the gist of the idea.
The entries should be saved as well, not just the screen.
What are your thoughts?

I dunno how doable this would be, but I think it would be really awesome.