Number: 504

Date:  4-Apr-84 13':03':32

Submitter: Sannella.PA

Source: ROACH.PA

Subject: Want to query lisp ARs on Source

Assigned To: 

Attn: Sannella

Status: Fixed

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Problem Type: Design - UI

Impact: Moderate

Difficulty: Hard

Frequency: Everytime

Priority: Unlikely

System: Text

Subsystem: Other

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["Sannella.PA" "29-Aug-84 14':49':13" Status':(Open->Fixed)]

Description: '
Date':  3 APR 84 18':14 PST'
From': ROACH.PA'
Subject': Can''t Adobe Query on Source'
To':   lispsupport'
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     There doesn''t appear to be a Source field in the Adobe Query'
like there is in the Adobe Edit window.  I want to find out what'
is becoming of all the ARs I submit.'
				Kelly'
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Subject': AR 504': Want to query lisp ARs on Source'
In-reply-to': ROACH''s message of 3 APR 84 18':14 PST'
To': ROACH'
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I tracked down the reason why Source doesn''t show up as a field in Adobe Query --- For whatever unfathomable reason, when the Lispar form was set up, the Source field was defined as an arbitrary-length string, like the Description field, rather than as a fixed-width field like Subject.  Therefore, Adobe doesn''t generate "accelerator files" for the source field, so you can''t query (or sort) by the contents of this field.'
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This was set in rock (i.e. programs) when the LispAR form was first set up, and the chance that it will be changed is nil.  I agree, it was a mistake.  For now, the only thing I would suggest is to hack something using the functions in AREDIT to generate a list of the ARs containing ROACH in the source field (using case-independent comparisons).'
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Edit-By: Sannella.PA

Edit-Date: 29-Aug-84 14':49':14