Re: ersatz autosave...?

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 Oh, neat-o, Carl. This is something I am going to use
 regularly. A very nice new U2 routine. Excellent. I
 would encourage others who work with footnotes to have
 a look at this one.

 Thanks.

 M.

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On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Carl Distefano wrote:

> I've taken a stab at this. Try it if you're interested. It's a U2
> routine, EFN (for Edit FootNote); DECODE it, DeFine it, and issue
> ADD2U2. To edit a footnote, put the cursor on the footnote
> number and issue EFN. The footnote text appears in a
> separate file, called EFN.SAV (located in Editor's directory). You
> can edit EFN.SAV freely, like any other file. When you're done,
> issue EFN again -- this time with EFN.SAV in the current
> window and the main file in the alternate screen, cursor on the
> desired footnote -- to reinsert the edited note.
>
> When you issue EFN the second time, if the cursor is not on a
> footnote in the alternate screen, EFN will prompt you to reposition
> the cursor and try again. Mark well that EFN.SAV is NOT tethered to
> the main file. It's the user's responsibility to ensure that the
> cursor is properly located in the alternate window (in the main
> file, on the correct footnote!) before reissuing EFN.
>
> XPLeNCODE v2.0
> b-gin [UNTITLED]
> {{;5efn}} Edit footnote in separate window [CLD 3/6/05][cr|lf
> ]{002}{<}IF0+{<}VA$WS{>}<>1{>}{<}PRNo file{>}{<}EX{>}{<}EI{>}
> [BX_]es 1[Q2_]{<}SX50,{<}VA$ED{>}{>}[JM_]2.GetPath[Q2_]{<}SX5
> 6,{<}IS50{>}+"\EFN.SAV"{>};*;[cr|lf]{<}SU57,{<}IF0+{<}VA$DT{>
> }==8!0+{<}VA$DT{>}<1{>}[WG_]{<}IF0+{<}VA$DT{>}>1{>}[MK_]{<}EI
> {>}{<}EI{>}{>}{<}IF{<}VA$FP{>}<>{<}IS56{>}{>}[BX_]gofile {<}P
> V56{>}[Q2_]{<}IF@not({<}ER{>}){>}{<}PREFN.SAV is open. ABort{032}
> or STore it before editing another note{>}{<}EX{>}{<}EI{>}[GT
> _]{<}GT57{>}{<}IF{<}VA$TR{>}<>"0"{>}{<}SX58,0+{<}VA$WA{>}{>}{
> <}IF{<}PV58{>}<1{>}{<}PRNo window{>}{<}EX{>}{<}EI{>};*;[cr|lf
> ][JM_]2.ef[Q2_][JM_]2.dfa[Q2_][JM_]2.cut[Q2_][BX_]sa/nv {<}PV
> 56{>}[Q2_][AS_][JM_]2.ef[Q2_][AS_]{<}PREdit EFN.SAV. When don
> e, issue EFN to reinsert footnote{>}{<}EX{>}{<}EI{>}
> {<}PRMove cursor onto footnote to edit{>}{<}EX{>}{<}EI{>};*;[
> cr|lf][AS_]{<}IF0+{<}VA$TW{>}<1{>}{<}IF{<}VA$TR{>}=="0"{>}{<}
> GT57{>}[AS_]{<}PRMove cursor onto foonote, switch back to thi
> s window & try again{>}{<}EX{>}{<}EI{>}[JM_]2.ef[Q2_]{<}EI{>}
> {<}IF0+{<}VA$DE{>}<1{>}[JM_]2.dfa[Q2_]{<}EI{>};*;[cr|lf][BX_]
> gofile {<}PV56{>}[Q2_][BX_]sa[Q2_][BX_]wait[Q2_];*;[cr|lf][JM
> _]2.pst[Q2_][AS_][JM_]2.ab/nv[Q2_][JM_]2.ef[Q2_]{<}PRNote ins
> erted - File not SAved{>}{002}[cr|lf][cr|lf]
> -nd
> XPLeNCODE
>
> --
> Carl Distefano
> cld@xxxxxxxx
>
>