Chapter VI: ADVANCED EDITING

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Emergencies

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Electric is a vast system with many facilities. Although the individual pieces work correctly, it is possible, through improper usage or system fault, for the database to become corrupted. If Electric acts strangely, try the Redo Network Numbering subcommand of the Network command of the Tools menu to regenerate network information.

A more thorough check may be done with the Check and Repair Library command of the Info menu. Note that this command clears the history list so no undo can be made after the check. When in doubt, save your work first.

Another problem that can arise on the Macintosh is that Electric may run out of memory. As this situation approaches, you will be given warning messages, and finally you will be unable to work on new circuitry. Sadly, it is not generally possible to recover memory by deleting unwanted circuitry. The wise move is to save your library and exit Electric. Then increase the application's size and run it again.


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