Restore the whole book or a single file

Pulling content back from history — three restore paths: whole-book, single-file, single-passage.

Before anything: you can never lose your current version

The thing to remember before you click restore: Slima automatically creates a version of your current content before doing the restore.

So restore is "walk back to", not "overwrite". If the older version isn't better after all — restore from that auto-backup and you're back where you started.

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Path 1: whole-book restore

The most common case: roll the entire book back to an older version.

How

1. Open the version control panel
2. Find the target version (e.g. "revision pass 1")
3. Click "Restore this version"
4. A confirm dialog: "About to restore to 'revision pass 1'. Your current content will first be saved as a version named «備份（還原前）» ("Backup before restore")."
5. Confirm → whole book reverts

Notes

• Restore is whole-book — every file moves to that state
• Versions you created after the target are not lost — they stay on the timeline below the editor
• You can also restore from the diff view: in the Compare modal, click "Restore to this version" at the bottom

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Path 2: single-file restore

Want to restore just one chapter without touching the others?

How

1. Right-click the file in the file tree → "History"
2. The File History panel opens, listing that file's older versions
3. Pick the version you want and click "Restore"
4. That file reverts to the older content; everything else stays

Slima still auto-creates a backup version before doing this.

When this helps

• The AI ruined Chapter 8 but you're happy with the Chapter 1 edits from yesterday — restore Chapter 8 only
• You changed your mind about an earlier edit — right-click the file → History → pick the version → Restore

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Path 3: single-passage restore

The finest grain: pull a specific passage from an older version into the current one.

How

1. Enter preview of the older version
2. Select the passage
3. Copy it normally (Ctrl/Cmd+C)
4. Switch back to current, paste where you want

This isn't really "restore" — it's "copy across versions". Just that passage moves.

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Remember: the current version is always backed up

Before every restore, Slima makes a version named «備份（還原前）» ("Backup before restore"). So restore is always reversible:

• Walk back, didn't like it → restore from the «備份（還原前）» version
• Switching between old and new for comparison → keep flipping between the two versions

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Related

• Create a manual version and name it
• Browse version history & diff
• Change Review: review AI edits