Re: ersatz autosave...?

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

 Carl:

 Thanks again. I'll try what you suggest below, but not before
 I analyse what you say, for I don't quite understand what you
 mean at the moment. I'll report back to you once I've made the
 requisite changes.

 On the original matter of the screen flicker, I did what you
 suggested. I deleted the "DO FF " from Robert's EF frame, and
 as you said, the flicker disappears, as far as I can tell.
 This is quite satisfactory for now, ...unless Robert chirps in
 to tell us that it should not be done for serious reasons.

 Again, thanks.

 M.

-----
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Carl Distefano wrote:

>
> Reply to note from "M.W. Poirier"  Sun, 06
> Mar 2005 14:37:40 -0400 (EDT)
>
> > I thought that the flicker might be part of a larger matter
> > that you would not be able to repair.
>
> In the alternative -- and I've always thought to write a routine to
> do this -- you could edit your footnotes in a separate window, and
> put the edited note back into the main file when you're done. That
> way, Ersatz operates normally (no flicker) during footnote editing.
> More important, you can edit your notes in a full-sized window.
>
> 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
>
>