At 09:28 PM 2/16/03 -0500, you wrote:

>Sandy McNamara (SandyMc456@...) wrote:
>
>>Guide now obediently saves a mark under whatever name I choose
>>-- and I have at times ended up with TWO marks with the same name.
>>Would it be a programming problem to have Guide check to see if a
>>file/mark already exists under that name then REPLACE it with the
>>new one? (After politely asking if you wish to do so, of course!)
>
> That sounds like Guide 7. In Guide 8, at my request, that has been
>fixed. If one saves a mark with an existing name, Guide simply over-writes
>the old one with a new one. It doesn't ask for permission, but that hasn't
>been a problem.
> Truman

It has been a problem for me, Truman. I'm researching historical eclipses,
and save many marks with the same name, followed by a number. i.e.,
Anyang01, Anyang02, etc. If I lose my place and accidentally overwrite a
previous file, I have to reconstruct it. I either have to make each file
read-only or open "Load Mark" to make sure I don't overwrite something. A
warning would be very helpful, if it isn't too much problem to set up.

Larry

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