> To: acedb at net.bio.net> From: "Dave Matthews" <matthews at greengenes.cit.cornell.edu>
> Subject: syntax for -A aliasing?
> Date: 11 Jan 1994 20:45:38 -0000
>> Is the Alias command -A in .ace files supposed to be working? If so, what
> is the syntax? I can do Rename with
>> -R Colleague : "Old Name" "New Name"
>> , but -A gives error message "Unrecognized Class -A". (This is using xace
> version 1-10).
Jean replied that it didn't work, so he fixed it:
: if you need it badly i can send a fixed ace2/3 source code
Richard pointed out some problems with using the Alias feature, either via
..ace files or the menu:
: I don't know if it works or not. We don't use it because it doesn't dump
: out in ace format, so is not preserved properly in updates etc. It works
: internally, but I think is a potential source of confusion and errors, until
: we can automatically keep track for the aliased-to object of all its alias
: names.
