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amplify certain instructions - online edit of handbook/survey/newsurvex.html

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Philip Sargent
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@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ be somewhat confident of the name (the 'surveytrip' id) you will be using, which
and the number used for the cave: either an existing one such as 1623-290 or a completely new one such as 2050-BH-03.
<li>Or you can create a new file with a text-editor on the <em>expo laptop</em>. Instructions are
<a href="#survexformat">at the bottom of this page</a>.
<li>In any case, remember that the cave identifier (e.g. 2050-BH-03) <em>must end in a digit not a letter</em> (see the 'new cave form' for details).
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<h3><a id="onlinesvx">Using the direct online system</a></h3>
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ is the usual cavey:beery one which is written up on the whiteboard in the potato
<p>
Now click that link <a href="/survexfile/caves-1623/2050-BH-03/easybimble.svx">/survexfile/caves-1623/2050-BH-03/easybimble.svx</a> and a survex-file editing page will open, pre-populated with an example template
for survex data.
<p>Overwrite the name of the survex file "-1623/2050-BH-03/easybimble.svx" with the right data for your cave and <em>press return again</em> to make sure that the browser 'knows' that it is working on your survex file and not the mythical one in 2050.
<p>Overwrite the name of the survex file "caves-1623/2050-BH-03/easybimble.svx" with the right data for your cave and <em>press return again</em> to make sure that the browser 'knows' that it is working on your survex file and not the mythical one in 2050.
<p>Most of the template data you will delete and replace. Edit this template and type in your own data. OK, so if you have never typed
a survex file before, go to <a href="#newbie">this section</a> below on this page.
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ URL bar e.g.
<a href="/survexfile/caves-1623/2050-BH-03/murderalley/killerclimb/easybimble.svx">survexfile/caves-1623/2050-BH-03/murderalley/killerclimb/easybimble.svx</a>
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and the intermediate directories will be created on the server if they don't already exist. This is in addition to
the directory name which is also the name of your new cave being created automatically.
the directory name which is also the name of your new cave being created automatically. Do not do this before talking to someone experienced though sub-folders can make other tasks very complicated.