How To Retrieve Program Data in Memory?
by anthonyforwood from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6GFBD)
Almost every program stores what you write and then change or delete so that continuously pressing Ctrl-Z will restore everything you've changed or deleted up to a certain point. This means that each program that does this keeps a history of these changes, at least until you close the editing window you were working in.
I keep losing data in some programs that I spent a lot of time writing something by accidentally closing the editing window unless I save it to a text editor first, or a bug causes the program or my computer to freeze.
Is there any way to access that editing history if the program is still running and I just closed the editing window accidentally? I've since installed a clipboard history app but I'm trying to retrieve data from before I installed it, so it doesn't help in this case.
Any suggestions?
I keep losing data in some programs that I spent a lot of time writing something by accidentally closing the editing window unless I save it to a text editor first, or a bug causes the program or my computer to freeze.
Is there any way to access that editing history if the program is still running and I just closed the editing window accidentally? I've since installed a clipboard history app but I'm trying to retrieve data from before I installed it, so it doesn't help in this case.
Any suggestions?