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1205 -    ..
1206 - Summary/Objective
1207 -
120701 - Follow up ref SDS 7 0000, ref SDS 5 0000.
120702 -
120703 - Improved feature that formats documents for analysis in SDS records,
120704 - which mostly effects email.  Increased the range of format variances
120705 - that occur, so that analysis takes less time to get set up.  Tried to
120706 - add automatic justify of text, but could not figure out how to tell
120707 - the code when to justify and when not to justify, so leave it to the
120708 - user.  Main advantage is to automatically configure some outline
120709 - formats into the SDS structure, including set up anchors correctly, so
120710 - the user does not have to spend a lot of time changing a lot of
120711 - structure.
120712 -
120713 -       [On 041015 received a letter from Gary with a wide variety of
120714 -       formats that enabled improving the SDS document analysis
120715 -       function. ref SDS 8 TM3O
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120719 -  ..
1208 -
1209 -
1210 - Evaluation
1211 -
121101 - Knowledge Space Fast and Easy to Construct Managing Documents
121102 - Command Control and of Work Navigating through knowledge Space
121103 -
121104 - Follow up ref SDS 7 6O8S, ref SDS 5 PI7K.
121105 -
121106 - Improvements today require users to...
121107 -
121108 -    1.  Manually double space outline structures that are wrapped to
121109 -        column 1 in the original source document file. ref SDS 0 9U6O
121110 -        Use Alt F10 to this separation in the file x.txt.
121112 -         ..
121113 -    2.  Manually shift nested outlines that are wrapped to column 1 in
121114 -        the original source document file.  This is typically only a
121115 -        few keystrokes for each nested outline group using F1 F1 F7
121116 -        after file x.txt is read into an SDS record.
121117 -
121118 -            [On 041015 Gary's letter illustrates this use case.
121119 -            ref SDS 8 OL6R
121120 -
121122 -  ..
121123 - This is a fairly significant improvement for saving time and money by
121124 - reducing the amount of custom work to conform document formats into
121125 - structures that fit SDS formats.  Improvements on 030823 consolidated
121126 - commands that reduced work formattig the most common documents that
121127 - occur in email. ref SDS 5 0001  However, text occurs in documents with
121128 - a very wide range of different formats which require adjustments for
121129 - common treatment to manage context efficiently.  The work today
121130 - extends automatic treatment to the following issues...
121131 -
121132 -        1.  URL addresses automatically indented, and will not be
121133 -            assigned outline structure, since most of the time, URL
121134 -            addresses wind up being deleted from the SDS record.
121135 -            ref SDS 0 VG5O
121137 -             ..
121138 -        2.  Outline structure is indented and the prior problem of
121139 -            doubling the outline structure is eliminated, which
121140 -            previously has taken a lot of time to fix.
121142 -             ..
121143 -            People use a variety of outline formats, so the challenge
121144 -            is to develop code that automatically recognizes variety
121145 -            and conforms to SDS standards.
121147 -             ..
121148 -            Outlines that are indented which is the most common
121149 -            format, can be readily recognized.
121151 -             ..
121152 -            Outlines in email often don't indent the order element, and
121153 -            so a means is needed to recognize when an outline structure
121154 -            occurs and to indent everything to an approrpiate left
121155 -            margin for the ordering element and for subsidiary lines,
121156 -            two (2) columns beyond the ordering element.
121158 -             ..
121159 -            For some reason, people seem to construct outlines in email
121160 -            with text on the first line indented 5+ spaces beyond the
121161 -            ordering element, perhaps using the tab key, rather than
121162 -            the standard 1 or 2 spaces, thus often this is
121163 -            encountered...
121164 -
121165 -                     e.        This is an example of typical outline
121166 -                     structure found in email.  Why someone would do
121167 -                     this is not clear.
121168 -                     f.        This example of ordered outlining in an
121169 -                     email requires the user to manually add a space
121170 -                     to separate the listed items, as shown in the
121171 -                     next example.
121173 -                      ..
121174 -                     g.        This example of ordered outlining is
121175 -                     handled by SDS by shifting the structure to the
121176 -                     correct column, and shifting the text to the
121177 -                     correct left margin., including multiple lines.
121179 -             ..
121180 -            Bullets are created with a variety of symbols.  Some
121181 -            people use the asterisk character 42.
121182 -
121183 -                     *         Example of common outlining using
121184 -                     bullets that places an asterick on column one and
121185 -                     indents text on that line 5+ spaces, then wraps
121186 -                     multiple lines to column 1.
121187 -                     *         Another example of stacking outling
121188 -                     with bullets in a single space mode; SDS does not
121189 -                     handle this well.  User has to manually separate
121190 -                     different parts of the outline.
121191 -
121192 -                     *         This example, SDS handles okay by
121193 -                     chaning the * to an SDS bullet, and setting up
121194 -                     the spacing and left margin correctly.
121196 -             ..
121197 -        3.  Anchors in original text are removed when documents are
121198 -            entered into SDS records for analysis.  This eliminates
121199 -            problems of incorret formatting where outline structure is
121200 -            added to the anchor line, and where anchors are embedded
121201 -            into text, which is not an SDS standard, but is common to
121202 -            documents.
121204 -  ..
121205 - These improvements do not address all formatting problems.  Experience
121206 - shows they are among the most common situations.  Ability to conform
121207 - non-standard formats to standard outline formats automatically, i.e.,
121208 - without investing additional time, should increase use of Knowledge
121209 - Space for command and control of the work based on situational
121210 - awareness.  Better command and control of the work increases
121211 - productivity and earnings by saving lives, time, and money.
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1214 -
1215 - Planning
1216 -
121601 - File Access Menu Modify to Specify Document to Format for Analysis
121602 -
121603 - Follow up ref SDS 7 VC6L.
121604 -
121605 - On 030823 developed macro 00702 to expedite entering documents into
121606 - SDS records using the Medit get command and applying standard SDS line
121607 - number format for Knowledge Space. ref SDS 5 5L6J
121609 -  ..
121610 - Experience shows this is very handy, and that it might be possible to
121611 - reduce time and effort to handle complex documents with outline
121612 - structure by expanding the scope of automatic formatting, so there is
121613 - less "clean up" for people to do analysing documents.
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1218 -
1219 - Progress
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122001 - 00702  Macro 58 Modify to Support Formatting Received Docs in SDS
122002 -
122003 - Follow up ref SDS 7 VC9F, ref SDS 5 5L6J.
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122005 - Line 30, ref OF 1 414J, in 00702
122006 -
122007 -    -goto start
122008 -    -goto execute
122009 -    -goto esc
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122012 -
122014 -  ..
122015 - Position Document to Analyse in SDS Record Automatically
122016 -
122017 - Follow up ref SDS 7 DJ4L.
122018 -
122019 - Line 430, ref OF 1 OF5N, -label lpdwN in 00702 about 50 lines below.
122020 -
122021 -    Test bebug here.
122023 -  ..
122024 - Line 510, ref OF 1 T37O, -label lpln2
122025 -
122026 -    -if @9 > 32 -if @174 = 3 -if @10 > 0 -if @1 = 1 ins_text!000001 -    2.!
122027 -
122028 -        Added conditional @9 > 32 that avoids adding outline structure
122029 -        to text elements that do not need outlining, and set in the
122030 -        subroutine. ref SDS 0 YQ4I
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122035 - Anchors Removed from Text in Documents for Analysis in SDS
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122037 - Line 520, ref OF 1 UW3M, -label 17s in 00702
122038 -
122039 -    -label 17s
122040 -    z 1 70
122041 -    loc_cur 0 80
122042 -    errorcnt 0 0
122043 -    fl /</
122044 -    -if @0 > 0 -goto natl
122045 -    setcur 13 0
122046 -    addcnt 13 6
122047 -    -if @10 > @13 -goto delA
122048 -    immed d
122049 -    subcnt 36 1
122050 -    -goto natl
122051 -    -label delA
122052 -    macro 79
122053 -    -label natl
122054 -
122055 -        Find anchor symbol, and if it is on a line by itself, delete
122056 -        the line, and if not then use macro 79 to delete just the
122057 -        anchor string.  This seems like the simplest, most direct way
122058 -        to support SDS anchor formatting, which SDS constructs with
122059 -        the F2 save function.
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122065 - Line 560, ref OF 1 YU3K, -label natl in 00702
122066 -
122067 -    -label natl
122068 -    pushc
122069 -    z 1 8
122070 -    errorcnt 0 0
122071 -    fr !://!
122072 -    popc
122073 -    chrcnt 9 0
122074 -    -if @0 = 0 setcnt 9  32
122075 -    -if @9 = 46 setcnt 9 32
122076 -
122077 -        Added code to test -if @0 = 0 setcnt 9 32 for URL so it can be
122078 -        indented, and so that outline numbers are not added, that then
122079 -        have to be removed. chrcnt 9 0 evaluates when a line is
122080 -        indented, and sets a flag to avoid adding outline structure.
122081 -        The basic theory that indented lines already have outline, and
122082 -        so there is no need to add outline structure, because this is a
122083 -        duplication that the user has to remove, which takes more time.
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