[PATCH]: ch03: A note to MS office users regarding keyword substitutions

C. Michael Pilato cmpilato at red-bean.com
Thu Sep 6 09:52:44 CDT 2012


I'm with Richard on this one.  I've added (in r4299) the following to the
end of the summary paragraph about fixed-length keyword substitution:

    Of course, where binary file formats are concerned, you must always take
    great care that any keyword substitution you introduce--fixed-length or
    otherwise--does not violate the integrity of that format.  While it
    might sound easy enough, this can be an astonishingly difficult task for
    most of the popular binary file formats in use today, and /not/
    something to be undertaken by the faint of heart!


On 09/05/2012 07:58 PM, Richard Cavell wrote:
> I like the idea of it but it doesn't need to be so long.  The basic idea
> is that MS Office documents, and many other file formats, are complicated
> and must be parsed properly.  Keyword substitution on something other than
> a plain-text file is risky business.
>
> Richard
>
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: Walter Klust
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>> Sent: 09/06/12 12:08 AM
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>> To: svnbook-dev at red-bean.com
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>> Subject: [PATCH]: ch03: A note to MS office users regarding keyword
>> substitutions
>>
>>
>>  
>> Hello, 
>>
>> Please find attached a patch für the chapter about keyword substitutions. It is a specific note for users of MS Office 
>> who are thinking of using the substitution on their office files. 
>>
>> We had support cases regarding this topic; so I felt it couldnt hurt to add this note to the official documentation. 
>>
>> regards 
>>
>> Walter 
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