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We’ll try to sort it all out in this section.
An important point to keep in mind is that the JazzEditor tries to prevent you from losing
your work. This has several implications:
your work. This has several implications:
• There is no straightforward way to erase the current contents of your Lemur. Well,
actually there is one, but you might not like it: turn the Lemur off and back on again:
The Lemur has no non-volatile memory for Projects.
The Lemur has no non-volatile memory for Projects.
• Clicking the New button in the JazzEditor clears the JazzEditor, but it also
disconnects the JazzEditor from the Lemur. Do not think of the New button as
simply an “erase your Lemur button.”
simply an “erase your Lemur button.”
• The JazzEditor knows (or at least it thinks it knows) whether the contents of your
Lemur differ from what has been saved on your computer. If it thinks the Lemur
contains work that hasn’t been saved, it will ask you to confirm before taking any
action.
contains work that hasn’t been saved, it will ask you to confirm before taking any
action.
• Clicking the Connect button always has the effect of reconciling the contents of the
JazzEditor and the Lemur. If there are differences, you will be asked how you want to
proceed in this reconciliation process.
proceed in this reconciliation process.
The best way to understand all of this is to go through a few examples. To make
everything clear, we will start fresh. We assume you’ve saved your current project as
directed in the previous section.
everything clear, we will start fresh. We assume you’ve saved your current project as
directed in the previous section.
Example 1: Opening a Saved Project
• Start by quitting the JazzEditor, then turning your Lemur off and back on again.
• Launch the JazzEditor again.
• Click the Connect button to establish a connection with the Lemur.
• Click the Open button.
• Locate a Project file you’ve saved and open it.
• The contents of your Project will immediately be uploaded to the Lemur.
This was pretty easy, right? There were no complications because the Lemur didn’t
already have anything in it. Now things are about to get interesting.
already have anything in it. Now things are about to get interesting.