Re: Wildcard error message

[Patricia M Godfrey pmgodfrey@xxxxxxxx]

Well, either it's one of those oddities that were mentioned in the old
threads, of a memory line being overwritten, or something peculiar in
this file. I cannot send it, because it's not mine but a paper I'm copy
editing, but running your program (decoded of course) generates the same
error message. The file, I should explain, was created in the MSWorks
word processor, then ported to Word, then converted to XyDOS with the
Hungarian filter. Whether because of MS bloat, the author's inability to
use her software correctly (very likely; typical clueless academic), or
the filters' insistence on embedding defaults all over the place, the
file is full of redundant codes. For example, here's the initial set of
formatting codes:
XPLeNCODE v2.0
b-gin [UNTITLED]
{<}SS NORMAL,HY=1,OP=0,WD=0,PT1;{>}{<}SS DEFAULT PARAGRAPH FO
NT;{>}{<}FD66{>}{<}PL55{>}{<}PL60{>}{<}TP6{>}{<}BT6{>}{<}LM13
{>}{<}RM73{>}{<}SP1{>}{<}RHA{<}PT2{>}{<}TS{>}{<}HY1{>}{<}OP0{
>}{<}WD0{>}{<}PT1{>}{<}HY1{>}{<}OP2{>}{<}WD2{>}{<}TS43C,73R,7
8,83{>}{<}PT2{>}{<}PT1{>}[cr|lf]{<}OP0{>}{<}WD0{>}{<}TS18,23,
28,33,38,43,48,53,58,63,68,73,78,83{>}{<}HY1{>}{<}OP0{>}{<}WD
0{>}{<}PT1{>}{<}PT2{>}[cr|lf]{>}{<}TP3{>}{<}RFA{<}PT2{>}{<}TS
18,23,28,33,38,43,48,53,58,63,68,73,78,83{>}{<}HY1{>}{<}OP0{>
}{<}WD0{>}{<}PT1{>}{<}HY1{>}{<}OP2{>}{<}WD2{>}{<}TS43C,73R,78
,83{>}{<}PT2{>}[cr|lf]{<}OP0{>}{<}WD0{>}{<}TS18,23,28,33,38,4
3,48,53,58,63,68,73,78,83{>}{<}HY1{>}{<}OP0{>}{<}WD0{>}{<}PT1
{>}{<}PT2{>}[cr|lf]{>}{<}PT2{>}{<}NJ{>}{<}TS18,23,28,33,38,43
,48,53,58,63,68,73,78,83{>}{<}HY1{>}{<}OP0{>}{<}WD0{>}{<}PT1{
>}{<}HY1{>}{<}OP2{>}{<}WD2{>}{<}TS18,23,28,33,38,43,48,53,58,
63,68,73,78,83{>}{<}PT2{>}{<}PT1{>}{<}HY1{>}{<}OP0{>}{<}WD0{>
}{<}PT1{>}{<}PT2{>}{<}PT1{>}{<}HY1{>}{<}OP0{>}{<}WD0{>}{<}PT1
{>}{<}PT2{>}{<}PT1{>}{<}HY1{>}{<}OP0{>}{<}WD0{>}{<}PT1{>}{<}P
T2{>}{<}PT2{>}
-nd
XPLeNCODE
There are also numerous ≪PT1≫≪PT2≫ codes all over the place, and
almost every par has a new set of tab stops. I will try cleaning out the
rest of the garbage first, and maybe that will bring it down in size.
With the file loaded and shelling to DOS, MEM reports as follows:

Memory Type    Total    Used    Free
---------------- --------  --------  --------
Conventional     640K    177K    463K
Upper          0K     0K     0K
Reserved        0K     0K     0K
Extended (XMS)   65,472K     ?  129,880K
---------------- --------  --------  --------
Total memory    66,112K     ?  130,343K

Total under 1 MB   640K    177K    463K

Total Expanded (EMS)          14M (14,680,064 bytes)
Free Expanded (EMS)          10M (10,485,760 bytes)

Largest executable program size    463K (474,160 bytes)
Largest free upper memory block     0K    (0 bytes)
MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area.
An interesting puzzle, no?
Patricia