-\textbf{Perpetual session} is very useful for working on a project over many days so you can just quit before shutting down and the next time you start up Cinelerra you will be right back where you left off. You will retain all of your undo’s and redo’s. The binary file name is \$HOME/.bcast5/perpetual.dat and as long as Settings $\rightarrow$ Preferences, the Appearance tab has the Flag \textit{Perpetual session} set this capability takes effect. It is very important to understand that this is not the same as the continuously editing- operation-updated backup.xml file. The perpetual.dat file is \textit{only} updated when you Quit cinelerra in the normal manner. Which means if you interrupt the program, or kill it, or there is a segv or system crash, the perpetual.dat file will only reflect the state of your project from when you last started cinelerra and none of the editing/undo’s/redo’s you executed during the current session which was not ended normally.
+\textbf{Perpetual session} is very useful for working on a project over many days so you can just quit before shutting down and the next time you start up \CGG{} you will be right back where you left off.
+You will retain all of your undo’s and redo’s.
+The binary file name is \texttt{\$HOME/.bcast5/perpetual.dat} and as long as \texttt{Settings $\rightarrow$ Preferences}, the Appearance tab has the Flag \textit{Perpetual session} set this capability takes effect.
+It is very important to understand that this is not the same as the continuously editing- operation-updated \texttt{backup.xml} file.
+The perpetual.dat file is \textit{only} updated when you Quit \CGG{} in the normal manner.
+Which means if you interrupt the program, or kill it, or there is a segv or system crash, the \texttt{perpetual.dat} file will only reflect the state of your project from when you last started \CGG{}, and none of the editing/undo’s/redo’s you executed during the current session which was not ended normally.
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