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List headers support two "include" commands that were introduced a long
time ago to make it easier to manage large collections of peered lists
across the network. The .IK command allows you to include a list header
keywords from a separate file without having to retype it, it is useful
when managing large collections of list and there is no particular reason
to remove it at this point. The .IT command lets you include the contents
of a file containing only descriptive text, so that it is shown by a
REVIEW command but not used to define list keywords. A number of
substitutions are supported but they are not very powerful and not
compatible with the template processor's syntax, although close enough to
be confusing. The cost of keeping this function is high and I am
suspecting that very few people are actually using it. If the function
were to be removed, you would have to edit list headers and replace the
*.IT statement with a copy of the file that was to be included, and store
the list back. There would be no significant loss in functionality unless
you have many lists which share a common description, which furthermore
you need to update on a regular basis. There might be a significant
one-time effort, though.
Removing the function will save conversion time and remove references to
the file server functions from a number of internal procedures, which it
will thus be possible to convert to PASCAL for version 1.8a. This in turn
will make it possible to provide more new functionality with version
1.8a. Unless I hear people saying that this function is absolutely vital
to them, it will be removed in version 1.8a.
Eric
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