Opening a Document
Cosmo Create can open any HTML document that you have permission to
view (including remote documents), and lets you
edit any HTML document that you have permission to change (see also
"Understanding Permissions" in IRIS Essentials).
Opening a Local Document
To open an HTML document, follow these steps:
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Choose File > Open... or use the Ctrl+O keyboard
accelerator
The Open Document window appears. The Files area of this window shows
all files and directories that are contained in the directory whose
full pathname is shown in the Open file field.
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Locate the file you want to open.
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If you see the file in the scrolling Files area, go to the next step.
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To look in a subdirectory for the file, double-click the directory name
in the Files area (directory names are bold).
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To look in another area of the filesystem, type another pathname in the
Open file/URL field, then press Enter.
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To restrict your view of files in a particular directory, click the
Filter button.
In the Filter window that appears, enter a string and wildcard
character (for example, *.html), then click the Apply
or OK button. Only those files that fit your match criteria appear in
the Files area.
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Open the file using one of these methods:
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Double-click its name in the Files list.
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Click its name in the Files list, then click the OK
button.
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Enter its full pathname in the Open file/URL field, then click
the OK button.
Once you open a document, Cosmo Create automatically saves your changes
every two minutes. To change the interval of time between automatic
saves or to turn off this feature, choose File > Preferences
(see Saving Changes Automatically).
Opening a Remote Document
Cosmo Create lets you fetch remote HTML documents. You open them in
essentially the same way as you do local files, with the following
differences:
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Enter a URL in the Open file/URL field of the file browser.
When you do, notice that the Filter button changes to Follow.
You can also drag a WebJumper icon into the drop pocket of the
file browser, which causes the text field to change to the URL
of the WebJumper.
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Click the OK button to open the document. The file is read
into your /var/tmp directory. To save it to another
directory, use the Save As option of the File menu.
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Click the Follow button to read the document and display all
the documents that are referenced by it in the Files area. You can open
any of those files, or press OK to open the current URL in
the text field. You can cancel the transfer by pressing the Cancel
button in the progress dialog.