Re: Workaround (Binswanger)

["Carl L. Distefano" CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to note from nsivin@xxxxxxxx (Nathan Sivin) Fri, 6 Dec 96 14:31:16 +0000

Nathan: The "Done" prompt is produced by the second default command
(d wf=1). It immediately overwrites any "Proceed" prompt resulting
from an unnecessary SAve.

BTW, the procedure can be written more economically as:
 BX,(,d, ,w,f,=,0,),SA,BX,(,d, ,w,f,=,1,)

> 
> Harry Binswanger:
> 
> Your
> 
> bx,d, ,w,f,=,0,q2,bx,s,a,q2,bx,d, ,w,f,=,1,q2
> 
> to save without changing the display mode for files that contain
> columns has an odd side effect. Normally in XY4, if you save a file,
> and try to save again without changing anything in it, the prompt line
> will say "Proceed" instead of "Done" and it will save you the time
> required to save the whole file again. It still avoids the otiose
> second save, but it says "Done" instead of "Proceed." Odd!
> 


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