[LON-CAPA-users] self-replicating simple page?

James Sullivan lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:08:37 -0400


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Are simple pages meant to propagate across assignments? What I mean is that
if I have a "simple page" (special documents) named "Introduction" in one of
my loncapa folders and a similarly named document in a separate folder, are
they supposed to synchronize? 

 

It seems that they are synchronizing (i.e. editing one of them modifies all
of them in scattered throughout my different folders). This is not the
behavior I was expecting nor what I thought I had seen in the past. 

 

The symptoms are that I have a file named "Introduction" in each folder of
the loncapa assignments for this semester (loncapa1, loncapa2, etc.)
Generally as I create a new assignment I copy the file "Introduction" from
last weeks folder to a new folder and edit as appropriate (number of
problems listed, due date listed, etc.) What I just observed today is that
when I edit one of the "Introduction" pages, it propagates to all other
similarly named files. So that in the end, all the files are identical. I
didn't think this was the case before today (but honestly haven't paid close
attention either). Is the intended default behavior for "special documents"?
And if yes, how to turn it off?

 

I see this symptom if I use copy and paste to copy one "Introduction" file
from one directory to another and _NOT_ if I create a new one by hand.

 

Best,

Jay

 

 

James M. Sullivan, Assistant Professor
jmsullivan@vcu.edu

Department of Physics                                    Virginia
Commonwealth University

tel: 804/828-6343
fax: 804/828-7073

 

1020 W. Main St.

PO BOX 842000

Richmond, VA 23284-2000

 

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"If you can drive a nail, and if you have any nails to drive, drive them." 

          - H. D. Thoureau, 1850

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Are simple pages meant to propagate across =
assignments? What
I mean is that if I have a &#8220;simple page&#8221; (special documents) =
named &#8220;Introduction&#8221;
in one of my loncapa folders and a similarly named document in a =
separate
folder, are they supposed to synchronize? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It seems that they are synchronizing (i.e. editing =
one of
them modifies all of them in scattered throughout my different folders). =
This
is not the behavior I was expecting nor what I thought I had seen in the =
past. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The symptoms are that I have a file named =
&#8220;Introduction&#8221;
in each folder of the loncapa assignments for this semester (loncapa1,
loncapa2, etc.) Generally as I create a new assignment I copy the file =
&#8220;Introduction&#8221;
from last weeks folder to a new folder and edit as appropriate (number =
of
problems listed, due date listed, etc.) What I just observed today is =
that when
I edit one of the &#8220;Introduction&#8221; pages, it propagates to all =
other
similarly named files. So that in the end, all the files are identical. =
I didn&#8217;t
think this was the case before today (but honestly haven&#8217;t paid =
close
attention either). Is the intended default behavior for &#8220;special
documents&#8221;? And if yes, how to turn it =
off?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I see this symptom if I use copy and paste to copy =
one &#8220;Introduction&#8221;
file from one directory to another and _<i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>NOT</span></i>_
if I create a new one by hand.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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