Re: hidden definitions/uses of missing fonts

[James Eric Lawson <cire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fred Ridder wrote:
> I think you're still missing the point here. 

You're right; the situation is more complex than I thought.  I'm grateful 
to you for pointing out my error, because I've labored under the 
misconception, which you've now cleared up, for years.

I don't think I entirely missed the point, however, since I meant to 
explain why what appeared not to work for Ananda yesterday worked today, 
and my explanation of that was accurate:  after the setting for 
"Remember..." is changed, the files with missing font names in them need to 
be opened and saved not once, but twice, to get rid of the "Missing font 
names" alert.  It was after that explanation that I went wrong, as follows.

> The "Remember..." setting
> is *not* saved as part of any file except maker.ini (or its equivalent
> on other platforms). In other words, that item is *only* a system-
> level preference and not a file-level property. Unless you change
> the setting after you launch FrameMaker, whatever is specified in
> maker.ini will apply for *every* file you open in that session. 

This is all true.

> If you
> change the setting, that changed setting will apply to every file
> you open subsequently, and the setting itself will be saved into
> maker.ini upon exiting. 

Sort-of-true, and that sort-of is how my misconception arose.  The setting 
will only be saved if a file is saved after the setting has been changed. 
Notably, if you open an empty file with the setting "on" (=remember), 
change only that preference to "off" (=do not remember), then look at the 
"Save" menu item, the "Save" menu item will be grayed-out and inaccessible 
(on Solaris, anyhow).  Huh.  Thus, it is perfectly feasible to close the 
file without saving the "Remember" preference, and without being alerted to 
save, so when you next open a file (any file, as Fred and Richard pointed 
out), the "Remember" preference will be unchanged.  This is how my 
misconception arose, via my imperfect testing procedure.

The situation as it stands is likely to lead to confusion, and especially 
with respect to books, where the "Save" step may be omitted for multiple 
files without alerts if _only_ the "Remember" preference setting is changed 
 for the book (and files).

--
James Eric Lawson <cire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Senior Computer Specialist, Research Publications Editor
University of Washington, Box 357962, Seattle WA  USA  98195
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