Save on save

[racoon]

On 2020-03-19 14:43, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 3/19/20 5:43 AM, Daniel wrote:
>> All applications (Libre Writer, Pages, Visual Studio Code, TextEdit,
>> etc.) I tested save my documents whenever I press ctrl|cmd+S or choose
>> Save from the menu. This can be seen, for example, from the modified
>> date being updated.
>>
>> The only exception are MS office (which does not save and not gray out
>> the Save menu) and LyX (which does not save but does at least gray out
>> the Save menu). Is there a particular reason LyX behaves in this way?
>> Is there a way, I can change this behavior and force a save?
>
> You mean if the document is not dirty? Hit "s", backspace, then save.
> I.e, make it dirty.
>
> Riki
>
>

I find it hard to remember doing this. So, I would like to change LyX's
Save command to a forced saving.

Maybe there is a nice command sequence that renders the document dirty,
maybe via some change; undoes the change, if there was one made; saves?

Daniel