[softwarelist] Re: Corrupt index

David

Thanks for the comments.

> Bear in mind I did not write Index-Pro, my feeling is that it does not 
> cope with major document changes like deleting chapters.

So it would seem :-(  In fairness, I do remember a warning that it was
better to generate the index after major changes have been made.

> Possibly copying chapters would be a way to get rid of the index (save + 
> load of DDL certainly would be).

OK, if I get to the point of throwing it away and starting again I will try
that.  I was hoping to remove the corrupt markers, so I could re-use the
majority, which seem to be non-corrupt.

> "Min memory" on the Misc menu flushes the undo buffer. 

... and in this case makes no difference to the file size, so it wasn't the
undo buffer ... 

> ...in general there is no clearing of memory when it is reserved for a
> new purpose. ...  Another possibility is orphaned objects, for example
> text stories which are no longer used. 

If I reconstructed the documents by copying chapters, or by going via DDL,
would I lose this unused baggage?

> Then again the text you're seeing may be from Index-Pro.

No, it is real text.

Regards

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John Harrison
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