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Descriptions, and tips, can also be found in the Help file within the Cumulus 1 software.▼
▲Descriptions, and tips, can also be found in the Help file within the Cumulus software.
== CAUTIONS ==
Remember, if you edit any of these log files to obey cautions in the individual articles, here are some examples:
* if you want to edit outside Cumulus, any of its files, take a copy, and edit that, because Cumulus needs sole write access.
* don't use a word processor (that adds lots of unwanted control characters),
* don't change the format of files for example don't change format of dates or real numbers (using a spreadsheet, like Microsoft Office Excel or Libre Office Calc, don't let dates or special numbers be recognised),
* don't add 'Byte Order Mark' (traditionally, Microsoft and Google software treat a BOM as a required magic number, and so their software may add a BOM when saving text as UTF-8. Google Docs also traditionally adds a BOM when converting a document to a plain text file for download).
* don't add blank lines to any Comma Separated Value files(the only 'blank' line in a log file is the final one, where Cumulus will later append the next item), (you can add blank lines to log files that contain "attribute=value" lines such as 'today.ini')
* don't add any header lines to any log files where Cumulus needs to read the file as well as update it (Cumulus reads all log files '''except''' Alltimelog.txt).
== TYPES ==
===Moving Files from MX to Cumulus 1===
When Steve Loft designed his original Cumulus (1), he had no
That said, there are some features in Cumulus 1 that are [[Moving_from_Cumulus_1_to_MX#Cumulus_1_features_not_ever_going_to_be_included_in_MX|missing in MX]], and there are Cumulus users who have migrated back either on a temporary basis (to use a missing feature before they return to MX) or in a very few cases decided to stay with Cumulus 1 (because they prefer it).
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