From 802fce1153efb256ece3074edb5677bccc60f6d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip Sargent <philip.sargent@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2023 20:22:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update new survex file documn --- handbook/survey/newsurvex.html | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/handbook/survey/newsurvex.html b/handbook/survey/newsurvex.html index 8115c27b9..a7fb3b444 100644 --- a/handbook/survey/newsurvex.html +++ b/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