Ok, Is there a simple way to merge one's modifications into scripts that
jfw did not include when upgrading?
At 09:35 PM 9/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>The merge function merges dictionaries (.jsd), configurations (.jcf), frames
>and (likely) some other items which I cannot remember off the top of my
>head.
>
>We do not, at this time, merge script files as that procedure would be far
>more complicated. To wit, consider the possibility that you have written a
>script named, "MyfavoriteScript" and, then, a HJ script writer adds a script
>to the set we ship that has the same name - which one does the merge keep?
>Microsoft's Visual Source Safe has a very good source code merge facility
>that prompts the user about which change they want to keep. This might be a
>good idea for a future version of JFW.
>
>Other problems will occur when our new scripts are very different from those
>a user may have modified from an earlier version of JFW. In 3.31, all of
>the Microsoft Office scripts have changed (for the better) very
>dramatically. Any user who may have made a subtle change to the Word
>scripts will cause a huge issue for software trying to differentiate and
>then merge the change into a radically different function. usually, the
>Source Safe user (mentioned above) will be making incremental and subtle
>changes to be merged and, thus, this is not an issue.
>
>I know that my own script changes (I'm not a professional scripter and all
>of you can feel glad that my code does not ship with JFW) are a pain to copy
>over each time I reinstall JFW (which is every time we do a build - 28 so
>far for 3.31) so I am motivated to get a merge facility that is verbose
>enough to handle scripts. When I look at all of the other things we'd like
>to do with JFW, however, I don't see such a big effort happening in the
>merge world too soon.
>
>Thanks,
>cdh
>
>
>
>Chris Hofstader
>Development Manager
>Henter-Joyce, Inc.
>(727) 803-8000
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff
>Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 6:32 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Merge?
>
>
>HJ Development Manager wrote:
>>The JAWS Merge does not merge script files.
>
>Really? This comes as a bit of a surprise, since that's what I
>thought the merge function was for. What *does* merge do? And, what
>else does it not do?
>
>Regards
>Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - ICQ UIN: 736807
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