Mr. Rod Welch
rodwelch@pacbell.net
The Welch Company
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111 2496
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Subject:
SDS "Other Files" Need Savx
Dear Rod,
[Responding to your letter today on using savx...]
== Use of savx ==
.. That does indeed fix the problem. Thanks.
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[Commenting on planning in your letter today... ]
Maybe we could let the system query to verify everything is filled out, and,
if not, return a message before opening the file, and if so, then open the
file and execute savx, like with formal correspondence...
I think this is the correct approach. When the user has specified the file
path, use savx to make that a fact.
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The user specifies paths implicitly in the case of publishing HTML and
explicitly in the case of correspondence and Other File documents.
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There may be instances where the path is not known, but I haven't come
across them yet. Certainly whenever the user attempts to import files into
SDS, the path is known.
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I think that even in a Windows version, I would consider copying files into
the SDS structure rather than linking to files to avoid what you correctly
characterize as "Then when files are anywhere and everywhere, they will be
nowhere to be found -- it is a KM dilemma."
There *may* be a use for arbitrary file links in the same way as arbitrary
URLs. In KeyNote I use file links all the time. It is quite convenient right
up until I start moving files. This presents exactly the same problem as web
pages changing URLs. I have recommended a scheme of relative file names so
that it is possible to move an entire KeyNote file and all of the relative
files to which it links and preserve the relationship - again as is done
with HTML.
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[Commenting on analysis in your letter today... ]
== Unfamiliar Instructions ==
I know how discouraging it is to struggle with new and unfamiliar
instructions, and yet do everything right only to have a lot of work and
time wasted..
Not a problem. It is a bit annoying at times, but I expect some of it.
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I am finding it easier to use other programs to setup documents. In this
case I used MultiEdit to wrap the paragraphs for the file, and TextPad to
copy sections for quoting in the SDS record. Here the only glitch is that
any paste which goes beyond the end of the file kills SDS, so it is
necessary to insert enough blank lines for the paste to work.
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Essentially all that this shows is that I am more used to Windows editors
than DOS ones by now.