Subj : Nodelist problem
To   : Anna Christina Nass
From : Martin Foster
Date : Thu Mar 11 2021 10:51:00

Hello Anna!

*** Tuesday 09.03.21 at 12:00, Anna Christina Nass wrote to Martin Foster:

 AA>>> ³   [x]   Use internal nodelist processor           ³
 MF>>                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 MF>> It would appear that whoever did the original translation of this got it
 MF>> all wrong and it's taken ~20 years for folks to notice it!

 MF>> I'll correct it for the next release but I'm struggling to find the
 MF>> right words. Perhaps "Update with diff" or "Use diff to update" or maybe
 MF>> something else?

 ACN> "Updatefile is a diff" would be a short description - and tells the most
 ACN> important thing that this switch selects (diff / no diff).

Yes, that's a good possibility :)

 ACN> And in the help file it could be made more clear that an internal
 ACN> processor merges the diff.

So, with the option enabled, the internal nodelist processor merges the  
diff with the existing nodelist, whereas with the option disabled, the  
existing nodelist is overwritten by the new full nodelist. Am I  
understanding this correctly?

Regards,
Martin

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