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:

  1. 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.

  2. Locate the file you want to open.

  3. Open the file using one of these methods:

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:

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.