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update new survex file documn

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Philip Sargent 2023-03-05 20:22:43 +00:00
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handbook/survey/newsurvex.html

@ -166,8 +166,11 @@ comprise your recent typing will be listed below the edit window.
<pre> SAVE FILE FIRST</pre>
below the edit window.
<br>
- If you try to save before editing out the [square brackets] stuff then you wil get a message
<pre> Error: remove all []s from the text. They are only template guidance.
- If you try to save before editing out the [square brackets] stuff then you will get a message
<pre>Error: remove all []s from the text.
Everything inside [] are only template guidance.
All [] must be edited out and replaced with real data before you can save this file.
</pre> below the editing window.
<br>
- But if you have done all that, then survex will process your new survex file and tell you interesting things about
@ -176,8 +179,7 @@ survex engine which we use to process survex files.)
<p style="margin:4%">
<em>Technical Note:</em> When the survex file is saved, it is being saved to the permanent store on the expo file
server. It is also being automatically registered in the version control system [or will be, if Philip & Wookey get
their act together March 2022]. So don't worry about losing data. A super-nerd can always recover it (not a job for an ordinary nerd though).
server. It is also being automatically registered in the version control system. So don't worry about losing data. A super-git-nerd can always recover it (not a job for an ordinary nerd though).
<h4>Understanding the messages</h4>
<p>You may see a number of error messages below the editing window: <em>read them and understand them</em>. If you