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2022 folklist initial update

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<h3 id="import">The folk list</a></h3>
<p>This is part of the <a href="newyear.html">"new expo year"</a> preparations.
The folk.csv file is stored on the server under version control in the <var>:expoweb:</var> <a href="../computing/repos.html">repository</a> in
The folk.csv file is stored on the server under version control in the <var>:expoweb:</var> <a
href="../computing/repos.html">repository</a> in
<code>expoweb/folk/folk.csv</code>
<p>Before expo starts the folk.csv file is updated.
<p>Edit folk/folk.csv, adding the new year to the end of the header line, a new column, with just a comma (blank cell) for people who weren't there, a 1 for people who are there, and a -1 for people who are there but didn't go caving.
<p>Edit folk/folk.csv, adding the new year to the end of the header line, a new column, with just a comma (blank cell) for people
who weren't there, a 1 for people who are there, and a -1 for people who are there but didn't go caving.
This is adding an extra column to every line in the file.
<p>
Add new lines for new people, with the right number of columns.
<p>This process is tedious and error-prone and ripe for improvement especially as expo proceeds and you have many more names to add. Adding a list of people from the bier book and their aliases (the name in brackets) would be a lot better, but some way to make sure that names match with previous years would be good.
<p>This process is tedious and error-prone and ripe for improvement especially as expo proceeds and you have many more names to
add. Adding a list of people from the bier book and their aliases (the name in brackets) would be a lot better, but some way to
make sure that names match with previous years would be good.
<p>
Contrary to what you might expect we find that it is much more reliable to edit this using a text editor rather than a spreadsheet program.
Contrary to what you might expect we find that it is much more reliable to edit this using a text editor rather than a spreadsheet
program.
<p>The nerd can log in using the 'expo' userid.
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</code></pre>
<p>If there are no errors, you will just see the prompt reappear in your ssh session
and you will see the result online at <a href="http://expo.survex.com/folk/">http://expo.survex.com/folk/</a>.
<p>It is recommended that the nerd does this locally on their own laptop first. It does not need to be an expo laptop, even a Windows 10 laptop is fine if the script is run in a WSL terminal. The only software you need to install is the default python package.
<p>It is recommended that the nerd does this locally on their own laptop first. It does not need to be an expo laptop, even a
Windows 10 laptop is fine if the script is run in a WSL terminal. The only software you need to install is the default python
package.
<h4>Readme</h4>
<p>The script and CSV file also have a <a href="/folk/README.txt">README.txt</a> file in the folk folder which contains more
detailed coding notes re interactions with other troggle code.
<h4>History</h4>
<p>This bizarre Folk update process is a relic of the pre-troggle "<a href="../website-history.html">script and spreadsheet</a>" phase of the Expo website.
<p>This bizarre Folk update process is a relic of the pre-troggle "<a href="../website-history.html">script and spreadsheet</a>"
phase of the Expo website.
Another relic is <a href="../troggle/scriptsqms.html">the complex QM process</a>.
The <a href="../survey/onlinewallet.html"><var>wallets.py</var> script</a> actually post-dates troggle, but was written stand-alone
because of the steep learning curve of getting to grips with Django and because troggle in those days was undocumented.