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From: a752@mindlink.UUCP (Bruce Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: WfW Bug - The Final Chapter
Message-ID: <3927@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 24 Nov 90 13:01:29 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> papa@pollux.usc.edu writes:
> Person: Marco Papa
> 
> I recently noticed that all my WfW files have some extra stuff either at the
> beginning or the end of the files.  This stuff NEVER showes up when editiong
> the document with WfW, but it does show up when checking the content of the
> files by using MORE or TYPE for example.  It seems that this extra data can
> come from duplicating porions of the same file, or be the contents of other
> files being edited at the same time, or even random memory data.
> 
> Has anybody noticed this strange behavior?

     All word processors have to save not only the text of your document, but
also information on formatting, the printer that you have selected etc. etc.
In WfW this is saved at the beginning and end of the text.  WfW also has a fast
save mode in which if you for example add a paragraph in the middle of the
document, the new paragraph and instructions on where it goes are appended to
the document.  Parts of your text may thus not be in linear order until the
document is saved with the "fast save" option turned off.
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Bruce Dunn   Vancouver, Canada    a752@mindlink.UUCP