🚀 go-pugleaf

NOW I know why the problem seemed familiar: the "no .FOR files saved"
problem was discussed and a working solution found on this list already
in March 1997. (I did make now some suggestions to Enrique but did not
remember the helpful one.)

Everyone who plans to use a big drive for Ibid(em) datafiles might
encounter the same problem. This is how Tim Moore reported of the
solution and the anatomy of the problem in March 1997:

> Eureka! and thanks.  Your information about the meaning of "se char."
> in the help file (i.e. that it was like "se /char./" on the action
> line) enabled me to make appropriate checks.  The answer is curious. Our
> bibliographic data files are stored on a hard disk which happens to have
> more than one gigabyte of free space.  The result of this is that at the
> bottom of the directory listing on the NB screen, the dot of "char."is
> overwritten by the "1" of at least one gigabyte.  Therefore, "char." is
> not found, and we (misleadingly) get the message "no .FOR file saved". I
> have erased the dot from NBIBID.HLP, and it now works properly.

Well, of course there IS another solution: fill your big drive with junk
files so that the free space is reduced to less than one GB :-)

j-p takala

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Enrique Lynch wrote:
> 
> On  Sat, 11 Apr 1998  Johan Thom wrote:
> 
> > I recently bought a new computer and copied my existing NB 4.5 to the new
> > computer. Until now, everything seemed to work. Today I tried to generate a
> > bibliography using a custom format (.FOR) file. When I get to the point
> > where I have to choose the .FOR file to be used, I get an error message, "No
> > .FOR files saved." There are, however, at least 15 .FOR files in the NB4
> > directory. Does anybody have an idea of what the problem may be? The only
> > serious difference between my new configuration and the previous one that I
> > can think of, is that the new one uses FAT32 instead of FAT16.
> >
> > Johan Thom
> > University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
> 
> I have recently posted a similar problem to the List and received a
> couple of suggestions. Just tested one, by Pieter Botha which I am
> now sharing with you. I am pleased to say it solves the problem
> completely. After following Pieter instructions  Ibid. now merges
> .FOR files normally:
> .....................................................................
> Dear  Enrique Lynch
> 
> I noticed that your problem of  "No FOR files saved" corresponds with
> working on a new machine. Try the following; if it helps I will
> appreciate it if you'll let me know.
> 
> Make a backup copy of the file NBIBID.HLP.
> (this is in the \NB4 directory)
> Open NBIBID.HLP and switch to Expanded Mode (S+F8)
> Search for the string |se  char.|
> (note the double space between "se" and "char.")
> Delete the full stop after "char" and repeat.
> (there should be only two instances).
> Save the file, quit and reload NB.
> ....................................................................
> 
> Furthermore, let me thank again J-P Takala for his help.
> 
> Regards,
> Dr. Enrique Lynch
> Departamento de Historia de la Filosofía, Estética y Filosofía de la Cultura
> Universidad de Barcelona
>