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Conference turris::womannotes-v2

Title:ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 2 --ARCHIVE
Notice:V2 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:REGENT::BROOMHEAD
Created:Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1105
Total number of notes:36379

32.0. "an open letter to the moderators - small nit..." by CSSE32::PHILPOTT (The Colonel) Tue Jun 21 1988 10:29

       You may not be aware of this but...

       It would appear that volume 1 has now been renamed (to
       WOMANNOTES.V1), this raises a very small but annoying point: I
       got "file not found" errors for a while. I tried a 

       		DIR/CONFERENCE RAINBO

       to see if it had been renamed, and *neither* volume showed up.
       The notes DIR/CONFERENCE command defaults to a file type of
       ".NOTE" and using non standard filetypes (ie ".V1" or ".V2")
       results in your conferences not showing up.

       An explicit DIR/CONF RAINBO::WOMANNOTES.* or DIR/CONF
       RAINBO::WOMANNOTES.V* will find them however, but only shows one
       version (without the file extension) - in fact it shows the V2
       file. You have to do DIR/CONF WOMMANOTES.V1 to find the old
       version.

       The only way to find *both* is to get out of notes and do a 

       		DIR RAINBO::NOTES$LIBRARY:WOMANNOTES.*

       at the DCL prompt to find them...

       /. Ian .\
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32.1Another Problem ?SHIRE::BIZEWed Jun 22 1988 03:5412
    Another problem I have encountered is, since Monday, being told
    "no more new notes" every time I enter the conference. This has
    led me to get out of the conference, as there was nothing new to
    read. This morning, I just thought I'd do a DIR anyway and, surprise,
    quite a few new notes!
    
    I wonder if anybody else has encountered the same problem, and knows
    how to get around it?
    
    Thanks for your help.
    
    Joana
32.2Some ideasMEWVAX::AUGUSTINEPurple power!Wed Jun 22 1988 09:4427
    another helpful hint:
    Joana, when you added Volume 2 to you notebook, did you use the
    same "entryname" or "nickname" as you used for Volume 1? For example,
    if the entry name for Volume 1 was "Womannotes", did you issue a
    command like:
    	Notes> modify entry womannotes/file=mosaic::womannotes.v2
    
    If so, Notes won't recognize Volume 2 as a new file -- it knows,
    for example, that you've read through Notes 1, 2, and so on. Here
    are two things you can do.
    
    1) Reset the "seen map". Issue a command like:
    	Notes> set seen/before=1-jun-1988
    
    This will let Notes know that you want everything written after
    1-jun-1988 to be "unseen"
    
    2) Use a different "nickname" for the file. (But don't use the "modify
    entry" command to change it!). This will force Notes to recognize
    Volume 2 as a "new file".
    	Notes> add entry WV2 /file=mosaic::womannotes.v2
    	Notes> del entry womannotes
    
    
    Hope this helps
    Liz
    
32.3volume 1TFH::MARSHALLhunting the snarkTue Jul 05 1988 17:2532
>            <<< RAINBO::$2$DJA6:[NOTES$LIBRARY]WOMANNOTES.NOTE;1 >>>
>                        -< Topics of Interest to Women >-
>================================================================================
>Note 1.1                          We've Moved!                            1 of 1
>MOSAIC::TARBET                                        9 lines   1-JUL-1988 14:40
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>    The new file has also now been renamed.  
>    
>    The original file is RAINBO::WOMANNOTES-V1
>    
>    and the new file is RAINBO::WOMANNOTES-V2
>    
>    These changes should remain stable for the foreseeable future.
>    
>    						=maggie
>
=============================================================================
    
    trying to access volume 1 returns "File not found".
    
    doing a DIR RAINBO::NOTES$LIBRARY: reveals that volume 1 is actually
    WOMANNOTES-V1.OFFLINE.
    
    Any clue as to when it will once again be online?
 
                                                   
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32.4In humble aweCALLME::MR_TOPAZTue Jul 05 1988 17:3612
       re .3:
       
       > a DIR RAINBO::NOTES$LIBRARY: reveals that volume 1 is actually
       > WOMANNOTES-V1.OFFLINE. 
       
       This time I am impressed.  I admit that I scoffed when the
       original moderator decided to use non-standard terminology, and I
       even sent protest mail about the silly use of non-default file
       extensions.  But I'll take my golf visor off to Maggie, if she is
       indeed responsible for the world's first online, offline file.
       
       --Mr Topaz 
32.5RAINBO::TARBETWed Jul 06 1988 09:0810
    I am indeed responsible for that, so off with the visor, Donald!
    
    Gimme a break, guys.  I'm trying to crunch the file and renamed it
    because I got confused about how the crunch would work and wanted to
    let people know it was out-of-service.  To call a file "offline" is no
    sillier than to call a printer "offline"...the term itself comes from
    the navy ...the sailed navy, I think... where a ship that was unfit for
    combat was "taken off-line": withdrawn from the battle-line. 
                                                                
    						=maggie