Re: EDM: the gory details - what is an exchange/*.xch file?

[John Sinclair <sinclairjw@ornl.gov>]

Hi Carl,

The "import exchange file" menu item is another example of a less than 
useful option. Initially, the edm file format was a primitive collection 
of ordered lines of text without the current tag-value semantics. At 
that time, I was converting our existing control system from VSystem to 
EPICS and had written a script to convert 95% of the proprietary VDraw 
file contents to  an exchange format to which this option refers. In 
that the existing edl format is now superior to the exchange format, I 
need to remove the option. But, darn it, there's sentimental value to 
all this buzzard puss like when Vista Control Systems threatened to take 
legal action because they were convinced I had stolen VDraw and 
reincarnated it as edm (I sent them the source and they apologized, etc.).

I'll eradicate this menu item in a future version.

John

Carl Schumann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anybody particularly John Sinclair able to explain please what an 
> exchange/*.xch file is in the context of EDM?
>
> Thanks,
> Carl Schumann