PyCharm 2.7.2 Web Help

You can save the results of editing yourself, and also configure PyCharm to enable automatic saving of changes. This section describes how to:

To save results of editing, do one of the following
  • On the main menu, choose File | Save All.
  • Press Ctrl+SCtrl+SCtrl+SCtrl+SCtrl+X, Ctrl+SCtrl+SCtrl+S or Ctrl+Shift+SCtrl+SMeta SMeta SMeta S.
To alert you about unsaved changes
  1. Open Settings dialog box, expand the Editor node, and click Editor Tabs.
  2. In the Editor Tabs page, select the Mark modified tab with asterisk check box.
To enable auto-saving on the regular basis
  1. In the IDE Settings section of the Settings dialog box, click General.
  2. Select the Save files automatically, if the application is idle check box and specify the number of seconds of idleness required to activate saving.
To enable saving changes when switching to other applications
  1. In the IDE Settings section of the Settings dialog box, click General.
  2. Select the Save files on frame deactivation check box.
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To enable preserving temporary files while saving changes
  1. In the IDE Settings section of the Settings dialog box, click General.
  2. Select the Use "safe write" check box.

If this check box is selected, modified file will be first saved as a temporary file. If the save operation is completed successfully, the temporary file will renamed, and the original file will be deleted.

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