Conference vaxuum::document_ft

    The manual says that "the <date> tag gives you the date based
    on the time at which the tag translator begins execution."
    
    The manual says that the <memo_date> tag gives you whatever
    its argument specifies.
    
    Is the documentation incorrect?  Is the software not doing what
    the documentation says it should do?

    After I wrote my entry, I realized that I was not as clear as could
    be...Let me try now that I've had some coffee...
    
    There are basically two problems that I was trying to address:
    
    1)  I want to write a MEMO (you know - fancy header and all) and
    MEMO gives me a DATE line on the same line as <TO> which contains
    today's date.  Well, I'd like to be able to specify another date
    on the <TO> line without having to change the date on the VAXcluster.
    
    2) Secondly, when I tried to use <MEMO_DATE> in a MEMO (with the
    command DOCUMENT FOO MEMO LN03, I got the error message:
    
DISK$CSSE_DISK:[WITHERS.DOC_WIERDNESSES]MEMO_DATE.GNC;
Tag <MEMO_DATE> is undefined

A complete copy of the .GNC file and a run of DOCUMENT follow...



$ ty memo_date.gnc/nopage
<include_tex_file>(tem:pretol.tex)
<INCLUDE>(nh$templates:ckdoc_tags.GDX)

<TO>(distribution)
<MEMO_DATE>(1-APR-1987)
<FROM>(Bob Withers)
<DEPT>(Database Systems CSSE)
<EXT>(522-3729)
<MAILSTOP>(CX01-2/q12)
<ENETADDR>(Withers at Cookie)

<CCLIST>
<CC>(CC Recipient)
<ENDCCLIST>
<SUBJECT>(What this memo is about)
<Running_Title>(<emphasis>(<DATE>))
<Running_feet>(<emphasis>(For )<emphasis>(DIGITAL \BOLD)<emphasis>( Internal 
Use Only))

<DISTLIST>
Whoever else is on this distribution
<ENDDISTLIST>

<page>

<literal>(
End of [disk$csse_disk:[withers.reports.templates]standard_memo.gnc]
)

<comment>([document-structure]...)
$ 
$ 
$ document memo_date memo ln03/noprint
VAX DOCUMENT T1.0-001
[ T a g   T r a n s l a t i o n ]...
T1.0
End of Loading of Tag Definitions
at text on line 5 in file
    DISK$CSSE_DISK:[WITHERS.DOC_WIERDNESSES]MEMO_DATE.GNC;
    Tag <MEMO_DATE> is undefined
Tag <PAGE> produces device-specific output.
End of first pass over the input
There were 2 undefined tag invocations
Pass 1: 1.9  Pass 2: 0.4  Total: 2.4 seconds
[ T e x t   F o r m a t t i n g ]...
T1.1
Line too long by 144.54715 points
On page [1]
'disk$csse_disk:[withers.doc_wierdnesses]MEMO_DATE.DVI_LN3'
2 pages written.
'disk$csse_disk:[withers.doc_wierdnesses]MEMO_DATE.DVI_LN3'
[ D e v i c e   C o n v e r s i o n ]...

DVC$LN03 T1.0i
Input file is:
'DISK$CSSE_DISK:[WITHERS.DOC_WIERDNESSES]MEMO_DATE.DVI_LN3'
2 pages written to file:
'DISK$CSSE_DISK:[WITHERS.DOC_WIERDNESSES]MEMO_DATE.LN3'

    
    More confusion based on the differences between the <MEMO_xxx> tags
    in the LETTER doctype (standard, external doctype) and the tags
    in the MEMO *doctype* (supplied for Digital Internal Use only with
    the Dec logo etc).
    
    ...said confusion due to the fact that the MEMO doctype wasn't
    well documented in the release notes...
    
    The MEMO doctype doesn't allow you to change the date. I just checked
    the code and it is indeed hard-wired and you can't do anything with
    it (unless you change the month, day, and time on your system!)
                     
    I will see what's doable with this after we get this next update
    out. 
    
    patti
    
    

    Well, here we go...
    
    I generated a memo on Friday.  Unfortunately, I left someone off
    of the CC list.  So I'd like to re-generate the memo with an additional
    person on the CC list with Friday's date.  Could you suggest wording
    I might use on the system manager of our cluster (8800,8700,8650,785x3)
    and its user population to get all these kind folks to agree to
    a date change for half an hour or so...
    
    BobW

<SET_FLAME>(Slow simmer)

re: .4

	They said they'd try to fix it.  How about cutting them a little
	slack.  If you have constructive comments, make them, otherwise
	please whine in some other notesfile.

-tl

Since BL 8 is out and V1 is imminent, has there been any progress on
this question?

BobW

    
    It's on the list. Since it is in an internal doctype, I will do
    it following completion of testing on the base kit.