{"id":497,"date":"2017-03-10T05:41:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T05:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/?page_id=497"},"modified":"2017-03-10T06:43:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T06:43:26","slug":"chapter-1-marceditors-preferences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/book-iii-the-marceditor\/chapter-1-marceditors-preferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 1: MarcEditor&#8217;s Preferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>In this Chapter:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Getting started with the preferences<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fonts and Templates<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paging Options<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Logging Options<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Autosave Options<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Getting Started<\/h3>\n<p> When thinking about the MarcEditor, it\u2019s best to think about as a text editor that\u2019s been put on steroids and then tuned to work with MARC data.\u00a0 The editor has been designed to be flexible, to support any character encoding that your operating system can support, and enable users to edit files of any shape and size.\u00a0 The Editor accomplishes this goal by providing different types of loading options, as well as offering users the ability to set your default encodings, fonts, and behaviors related to how MARC data should be treated.\u00a0 In essence, these settings allow MarcEdit to be MARC agnostic, and function as well for a user working with UNIMARC, as a user working with MARC21.\u00a0 It\u2019s this flexibility that makes the tool so powerful, and at times, confusing for new users.<\/p>\n<p>As you may have read earlier in the text, when MarcEdit is first installed, it sets a number of default parameters that configure the application to work with MARC data in specific ways.\u00a0\u00a0 By default, when MARC format matters, the tool is configured to assume MARC21.\u00a0 Likewise, in the MarcEditor, the tool is configured to assume that the default character encoding is either MARC8 or UTF8, and the certain common behaviors will be desired by the user.\u00a0 As you use MarcEdit and become begin to construct your own workflows for using the application, you may just find yourself coming back to this section and tweaking the way that the MarcEditor works. <\/p>\n<h3>Fonts and Templates<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_504\" style=\"width: 973px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/marceditor-chapter1-figure1.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-504\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-504\" src=\"http:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/marceditor-chapter1-figure1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/marceditor-chapter1-figure1.png 963w, https:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/marceditor-chapter1-figure1-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/marceditor-chapter1-figure1-768x380.png 768w, https:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/marceditor-chapter1-figure1-624x308.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MarcEditor Template and Font Options<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like most document editing programs, MarcEdit utilizes templates when starting the application.\u00a0 Like Microsoft Word, which opens a blank template, so too does MarcEdit open a blank template by default when starting the Editor.\u00a0 In general, this is desired.\u00a0 However, users that want to customize their templates, or add custom information to templates, have that ability.\u00a0 Additionally, MarcEdit includes two sets of templates that correspond to material types when creating new records.\u00a0 These templates are AACR2 or RDA based templates.\u00a0 By default, MarcEdit will select the RDA based templates, but users have the option of selecting either set.<\/p>\n<p>So what does a template look like?\u00a0 Basically, a template is a general MarcEdit mnemonic file that includes a set of fields and data placeholders for users to fill in when creating a new record.\u00a0 For example, selecting the cartographic template, I would get the following template: <\/p>\n<pre>\r\n=LDR\u00a0 00000nem\u00a0 2200000Ia 4500 \r\n=001\u00a0 02905764 \r\n=008\u00a0 YYMMDD?DAT1\\\\\\\\CNT\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\\\\\\\0\\\\\\LNG\\d \r\n=010\u00a0 \\\\$a \r\n=040\u00a0 \\\\$a\u00a0\u00a0 $erda\u00a0\u00a0 $c \r\n=007\u00a0 $a\u00a0\u00a0 $b\u00a0\u00a0 $d\u00a0\u00a0 $e\u00a0\u00a0 $f\u00a0\u00a0 $g\u00a0\u00a0 $h \r\n=020\u00a0 \\\\$a \r\n=034\u00a0 ?\\$a \r\n=041\u00a0 ?\\$a \r\n=052\u00a0 \\\\$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $b \r\n=090\u00a0 \\\\$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $b \r\n=049\u00a0 \\\\$a \r\n=1xx\u00a0 ?\\$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $4 \r\n=245\u00a0 ??$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $c \r\n=246\u00a0 ??$a \r\n=255\u00a0 \\\\$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $b\u00a0\u00a0 $c \r\n=26x\u00a0 ??$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $b\u00a0\u00a0 $c \r\n=300\u00a0 \\\\$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $b\u00a0\u00a0 $c \r\n=336\u00a0 \\\\$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $b\u00a0\u00a0 $2 \r\n=337\u00a0 \\\\$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $b\u00a0\u00a0 $2 \r\n=338\u00a0 \\\\$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $b\u00a0\u00a0 $2 \r\n=34x\u00a0 \\\\$a \r\n=490\u00a0 ?\\$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $x\u00a0\u00a0 $v \r\n=5xx\u00a0 ?\\$a \r\n=6xx\u00a0 ??$a \r\n=7xx\u00a0 ??$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $e\u00a0\u00a0 $4 \r\n=8xx\u00a0 ??$a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $v\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><br \/>\nTemplates can be handy, because users can customize the data that appears in them, as well as include custom comments that will remain in the file, but not impact the records created by MarcEdit.<\/p>\n<p>[table]<a href=\"http:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tip.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26\" src=\"http:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tip.png\" alt=\"tip\" width=\"85\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a>\u00a0[attr style=&#8221;width:90px&#8221;],&#8221;Comments can be embedded into any mnemonic record, simply by putting a &#8216;#&#8217; sign at the start of a line.\u00a0 Lines that start with this value will be evaluated as comments, and while they will be retained in the mnemonic format \u2013 they will not be retained when the record is compiled to MARC.&#8221; [\/table]<\/p>\n<p>In addition to templates, MarcEdit has the ability to change the default font and font size for data loaded into the MarcEditor.\u00a0 By default, the program will use the Arial Unicode Font, with a font type of 10 pt, if found on the system.\u00a0 If this font isn\u2019t found, the tool will look for a font in the same font family (Arial), but this would have an impact on the range of characters that could be rendered correctly in the application.\u00a0 It should be noted, when you attempt to render a character in the application that isn\u2019t found within a specific font, these undefined characters are most often rendered as a block.\u00a0 This doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that the data is invalid\u2026it might\u2026but it could be that the font simply doesn\u2019t support the character.\u00a0 The easiest way to know if a character is invalid is to evaluate the data within a Hex Editor or change the font and see if the character renders differently.<\/p>\n<p>[table]<a href=\"http:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tip.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26\" src=\"http:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tip.png\" alt=\"tip\" width=\"85\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a>\u00a0[attr style=&#8221;width:90px&#8221;],&#8221;The Microsoft Arial Unicode Font has long been the standard international font for use on Windows.\u00a0 This font was made available as part of Microsoft\u2019s Office suite.\u00a0 However, as of Office 2010, this font is no longer being provided, so if you update your computer and load a newer version of Office, you will likely find yourself without this handy font type.\u00a0 Finding an alternative can be tricky.\u00a0 Fortunately, Google sponsored an open font project, known as the noto fonts, that can be utilized in the place of the Arial Unicode font.\u00a0 For information on how to use this font, and where to get it, please see: http:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/replacement-unicode-fonts&#8221; [\/table]<\/p>\n<p>In the case of both the font settings and the template settings \u2013 if you change the values and decide that you want to return to MarcEdit\u2019s default settings, you can restore the default options by clicking on the Set Defaults button next to each section. <\/p>\n<h3>Paging Options<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_505\" style=\"width: 978px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/marceditor-chapter1-figure2.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-505\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-505\" src=\"http:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/marceditor-chapter1-figure2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"968\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/marceditor-chapter1-figure2.png 968w, https:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/marceditor-chapter1-figure2-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/marceditor-chapter1-figure2-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/marceditor-chapter1-figure2-624x317.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The MarcEditor Paging Options<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You wouldn\u2019t think that simply loading a MARC file into an editor would be that big of a deal \u2013 but when you are talking about MARC files that can be 1, 5, 20, or 500 GBs in size \u2013 well, it is.\u00a0 And MarcEdit\u2019s MarcEditor has been designed to work with exceptionally large files.<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p>[table]<a href=\"http:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tip.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26\" src=\"http:\/\/marcedit.reeset.net\/learning_marcedit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tip.png\" alt=\"tip\" width=\"85\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a>\u00a0[attr style=&#8221;width:90px&#8221;],&#8221;People ask me what the largest file I\u2019ve ever worked with in the MarcEdit has been.\u00a0 In 2016 \u2013 it was 32 GB.\u00a0 Overall, 1.7 TB using the Preview paging mode.\u00a0 So, the moral of the story is, if you have a large file, don\u2019t worry \u2013 MarcEdit can handle it.&#8221; [\/table]<\/p>\n<p>To enable the program to handle such large file sizes, some though has gone into how MarcEdit loads files.\u00a0 The reason is that you simply cannot load a 1 GB file into a text editor.\u00a0 On Windows, for example, it costs the system 4 times the size of the file to render the data in the graphical environment.\u00a0 So, if I have a 32 MB file \u2013 loading that file completely into memory would cost me approximately 120 MB of memory.\u00a0 Not bad \u2013 but let\u2019s say your file is 200 MB.\u00a0 Well, now you are looking at 800 MB of memory, and that is just to render the data.\u00a0 There is a significant cost as well any time an action happens to the data that has been loaded.\u00a0 So, while a 64 bit version of Windows, may in theory, be able to address up a gigabytes worth of virtual data \u2013 the practical limits make the actual data that can be managed in this fashion much smaller.\u00a0 And, for an application like MarcEdit, this is a problem.<\/p>\n<p>To allow MarcEdit to support files of any size, the application provides two paging loading modes: Preview Mode and Paging Mode. <\/p>\n<h4>Preview Mode<\/h4>\n<p> The preview mode is optimized for working with very, very large files.\u00a0 This mode essentially by-passes the need to load the file, instead, loading just a snippet of the file into the MarcEditor window.\u00a0 When in preview mode, the MarcEditor is set to read-only, but all the global editing tools are enabled, and work over the entire file. <\/p>\n<h4>Paging Mode<\/h4>\n<p> The paging mode is designed for files that are ~500 MB and smaller.\u00a0 When using the paging mode, MarcEdit will load a user defined number of records on a Page.\u00a0 Users can then jump between pages or records using the controls in the footer of the MarcEditor or tools found in the Edit menu.\u00a0 Within paging mode, users can edit the records on the page, as well as add new record or delete records from the page, as well as utilizing the global editing functions \u2013 which perform edits across all pages.<\/p>\n<p>Together, these two modes offer MarcEdit users a range of options for working with files.\u00a0 By default, the preview mode is disabled, and the paging mode is enabled.<\/p>\n<h3>Logging Data<\/h3>\n<p>One of the new features implemented within the MarcEdit 6.2 series is the ability to create change logs when working with data in the MarcEditor.\u00a0 By default, this option is disabled, as this function does minimally impact the speed of a global editing function, but has quickly become a popular feature of the application.\u00a0 Using a log manager, users can view all the actions that have occurred on a MARC file during an editing session, when run through a task \u2013 and then use the log to extract only the records that were changed as part of the editing process.\u00a0 For more information about MarcEdit\u2019s logging function, please see the Chapter 6: Logging Changes.<\/p>\n<h3>AutoSave Options<\/h3>\n<p>So, let\u2019s face it, sometimes things happen.\u00a0 As a user, you are working with the application, and maybe you stumble upon an error and the program crashes, or maybe your computer reboots \u2013 or freezes, or whatever.\u00a0 Suddenly \u2013 you\u2019ve lost work\u2026it\u2019s a pain.\u00a0 To help protect users, MarcEdit includes an autosave mode.\u00a0 When working within the MarcEditor, MarcEdit will automatically save the working file every 5 minutes.\u00a0 This way, if a crash does 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