#COMMENT observations

[resnape]

The guidance for the various types of comment indicate there is no space between the # and COMMENT/THEORY. If a space is inserted the comment is of the third type. However what the guidance does not provide is that in certain cases there is also no space after the #COMMENT, #THEORY or #.

In the following example there cannot be a space between #COMMENT and the bracketed number

COMMENT(2) Entry for Mothers name reads as AAAA or AAAA

It does not throw up an error with the FreeBMD Site but falls foul of the FreeBMD mandarins

Just to complicate matters they allow for a space after a #COMMENT, #THEORY or # when there in no bracketed number as in this example:

COMMENT Handwritten amendment of crossed out page number nnn

[resnape]

Steve

I have a suggestion to resolve this issue although I am sure there is a more elegant solution it works in the short term.

• (IBAction)okCommentDLOG:(id)sender{ NSString* string = nil; if ([commentMenu indexOfSelectedItem] == 0) string = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"#COMMENT %@\n", [commentField stringValue]];

  else if ([commentMenu indexOfSelectedItem] == 1) string = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"#THEORY %@\n", [commentField stringValue]];

  else string = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"# %@\n", [commentField stringValue]];

  // New Code to remove space before open Bracket when (n) present // string = [[string stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" (" withString:@"("]mutableCopy];

  [[[textView textStorage] mutableString] appendString: string]; [NSApp endSheet:mCommentWindow returnCode:[sender tag]];

[resnape]

Steve Having looked further into the guidance and almost a years worth of transcriptions the instances of #COMMENT and #THEORY including a bracketed number is quite prevalent, so this is worth clearing. The suggested one liner of code, albeit not elegant, has been in place for almost a year and is valid for all three types of Comment.