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#*It also means that you can go back to the last working copy, you can't upset your "revert" copy. | #*It also means that you can go back to the last working copy, you can't upset your "revert" copy. | ||
#The file must never be edited with a word processor, as they store many control and identification characters that prevent Cumulus correctly reading the values. | #The file must never be edited with a word processor, as they store many control and identification characters that prevent Cumulus correctly reading the values. | ||
#* It is recommended that you use either a specialised "Comma Separated Value" file editor or a text editor, both of these can be easily used. | #* It is recommended that you use either a specialised "Comma Separated Value" file editor or a text editor, both of these can be easily used. | ||
#** These tools have the advantage that they can cope with different lines having a different number of fields depending on which version number of Cumulus created each line. | |||
#*You can use a spreadsheet tool, but if you do, there may be a number of settings to change from their defaults to ensure the file remains in a readable format for Cumulus. | #*You can use a spreadsheet tool, but if you do, there may be a number of settings to change from their defaults to ensure the file remains in a readable format for Cumulus. | ||
#**If you do use a spreadsheet, extra field separators may be added at end of shorter lines as these make all lines end up with same number of fields. | |||
#*Don't remove any figures from fields where figures currently exist, only change one entry into another entry in same format. | |||
#Cumulus does not accept the concept of nulls, there is nothing that can be placed as a place-holder when the correct figure is not known, and empty fields are not permitted. | |||
#All figures must be within the range of sensible figures for that field (no hour 24 or higher, no signed numbers when accepted values must be positive, don't put in 200 for a relative humidity) | |||
=== File specific Editing Rules === | === File specific Editing Rules === | ||