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Un-UnMagic//////////# M M e bottom of the page to the To: All Black Magic Users Other Link Types From: NTERGAID Documentation Dept. Date: 5/20/89 Subject: Moving Links Tech Note #2 - Moving Links As you are undoubtedly aware, in Black Magic you are advised not to Cut, Copy and Paste Links. This is noted in the Supplement to the user Manual for versions 1.3 and later. This Tech Note will cover how to move links without worry of damaging the file. There are two methods to move the positioning of Links on screen using Un-UnMagic. How UnMagic and Un-UnMagic Work UnMagic Un-UnMagic How Can This Knowledge Be Used To Move Links? For a Reference Link Reference links can be directly moved directly by executing the following steps: (Please read the steps before attempting to execute this process). 1. Un-Magic the reference link you wish to move. 2. If you are moving the position of a link (i.e. to move a link from
the bottom of the page up to the top), then delete the text on the
bottom of the page andinsert the text on the top of the page. If you are switching the occurrence of a link (i.e. you linked the
wrong occurrence of a word. The word occurs at least twice and you
want to switch the link to the other occurrence), then there is no
need to modify textual information. 3. Mark the text intended to be the linked with the <Shift><ArrowKeys>. 4. Create a Point-Mode Reference link. 5. Follow the steps to get to the Un-UnMagic queue. 6. Select your link (NOTE: iF your link does not appear in the
Un-UnMagic queue then it is pointed to by another link and it can be
found by looking through the Map) by pressing <Enter> on the correct
link. 7. Mark an endpoint for the point-mode reference link you are creating
and then press the <ESC> key just as you do when creating other
point-mode links. Your Reference link has now been moved and the window has been removed from the Un-UnMagic Queue. For All Other Link Types Except Reference Links Inherently the method will be significantly different for other types of links. The method is based upon the idea of copying the text within the link to the paste buffer. Use the following steps: 1. Cut the text out of the link, then <Esc> back to the link originator. 2. UnMagic the link. 3. If you are moving the position of a link (i.e. to move a link from
the bottom of the page up to the top), then delete the text on the
bottom of the page and insert the text on the top of the page. If
you are switching the occurrence of a link (i.e. you linked the
wrong occurrence of a word. The word occurs at least twice and you
want to switch the link to the other occurrence). There is no need
to modify textual information. 4. Mark the text intended to be linked. 5. Create the link of the type it was before. 6. When asked for the text in that link, Paste the text back in by
pressing <F5>. 7. Press <ESC> key and the link will be created. Un-Magicing a link reverses the process of creating the link. The word or phrase is stripped of the information that refers it to other information. UnMagic is permanent on all link types except Reference links. This is due to the fact that other links can exist that point to that reference information. The referenced window is marked with the information that it had been Un-Magiced but it and the information contained within it are kept with the file. All the windows that have been Un-Magiced (and are not pointed to by any other links) are kept on the Un-UnMagic queue. The Un-UnMagic queue can be found as the second function of the hypertext map. The map can be reached either by <Ctrl> <F2> or using the menu system: <F10> U M where the U stands for 'Utility' and the M stands for 'Map.' Then once the map has loaded (Note: Loading the map is a necessity for creating the Un-UnMagic queue) the Un-UnMagic queue can be reached by pressing the <tab> key.
