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very upset

Posted by deathguppie on Sep 13, 2013; 2:59am
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/very-upset-tp5708744.html

I've used Qcad for years.  I even paid for versions to help support it.  Now I've switched to librecad because it was available, and I'm an open source advocate.

Last night I spent all night working on some drawing for a project I want to do in my own time.  Left my computer open and worked on it this morning.  Save, save save.. that's my motto.  I always save.  

I turned off my computer and went to work.  Tonight I came home only to find that opening the file (which is now an IFF file instead of a DXF from Qcad) leaves a blank page.  All of my work is gone.. All of it..

I cannot even say how upset I am for fear of making babies cry on these forums.. I took time to register just to say how upset I am.  I was so excited to keep working on my project, and now I have to start all over again.  

I'll have to find an old version of Qcad because I no longer trust this one.  I don't know what happened I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 the standard packaged version of librecad.   I saved in the "default format" and lost all of my work by doing so.


EDIT:
OK, I figured out that if I save it in DXF format it saves and opens properly.  Why, why would devs create such a horrible default format that doesn't save or read properly.  It's like a trap to mess with people that expect the program to save their work.  

EDIT2:
I'm starting again, from scratch.. I'm still mad..