Injector mass-editing script (All GMs)

This script modifies sheets. Use it only with caution!

Syntax:

gmX injector (field) (inputfile) (mode)
takes data from the specified inputfile, which should be in the .forw format of the extractor:
charfile1
first line of thing1
  maybe more of thing1
  maybe even more of thing1
first line of thing2
  maybe more of thing2
  maybe even more of thing2, etc
first line of thing3
  ...

charfile2
first line of thing4
  etc, etc
and considers it a mapping between the charfiles (no .tex suffixes) specified in inputfile and the contents of the extractable specified by field. It looks in Charsheets for those charfiles and changes them.

If mode is --replace (or -r), the current content of that extractable field for the specified charfiles is replaced with the injected content. (Initial comments survive.) This is the usual mode. The alternative is --add (or -a), for which the injected contents are added at the end of the current contents.

The inputfile is almost always either a .forw file produced by the extractor and edited by you, or a file produced by invertmap acting on a .back file which was produced by the extractor and edited by you. In either case, the format of the file should be ok if you maintain the pattern while editing, and --replace will be the appropriate mode.

If an injection fails for a charsheet, look at it. Possible causes include the file being read-only or the file not having the extractable field present.

The old versions will be in charfile1.old, charfile2.old, etc; you look at the differences between the .old files and the .tex files before you blow away the .old files. This is especially true when you (as usual) use --replace, since you're losing old content. Be careful.

Also see the other mass-editing scripts.