The main reason for two different MIF versions is that FrameMaker 8 and above is unicode "compliant" while FrameMaker 7 and below uses the FrameRoman character set. I am not sure what this means in practice; in other words, if you open a 2015 MIF file with FrameMaker 7, will there be problems with certain characters? I haven't tried it so I don't know.
-----Original Message----- From: Bertrand Meyer [mailto:bertrand.me...@inf.ethz.ch] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 9:25 AM To: 'Rick Quatro'; 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' Cc: me...@inf.ethz.ch Subject: RE: [Framers] Frame 15 UI annoyances Simple. My license is purchased. With Adobe's licensing scheme, I am concerned that if for example my computer dies I could lose access to FrameMaker 2015 any time and hence lose access to my documents. My experience of dealing with Adobe is not good (euphemism) and I fear it could take weeks to get the license back, if at all. I have licenses for earlier versions on various platforms and with a MIF 7.0 I can in an emergency get access to my documents. By the way, going to an incompatible version of MIF was a betrayal of the FrameMaker tradition. It had always been the case that in processing MIF files the tool took a hands-off approach to MIF, in the spirit of XML: new versions could add all the new features they wanted, but when retrieving a document FrameMaker would ignore anything it did not understand, so that as long as you did not use the new features you were safe and could go back to an old version. That is the idea behind MIF: "I" stands for Interchange. For the record I have been using FrameMaker since 1991 and have written something like 12 books and dozens of articles with it. I cannot afford to lose them. -- Bertrand Meyer -----Original Message----- From: Rick Quatro [mailto:r...@rickquatro.com] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 16:05 To: bertrand.me...@inf.ethz.ch; 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' <framers@lists.frameusers.com> Subject: RE: [Framers] Frame 15 UI annoyances Hi Bertrand, What is your reason for saving as MIF 7.0 instead of MIF 2015? Thanks. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. r...@frameexpert.com 585-366-4017 -----Original Message----- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro....@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bertrand Meyer Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 6:32 AM To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' Cc: me...@inf.ethz.ch Subject: [Framers] Frame 15 UI annoyances FrameMaker 2015, 13.00.333 1. I am saving in MIF 7.0. Any way to get rid of the pesky dialog that warns me each time that I am losing information (I am not)? It's driving me crazy. 2. I unchecked "Auto backup on Save" in Preferences, but I still get my folders polluted with silly x.auto.fm files. How can I get rid of them? These issues did not arise with earlier versions. Thanks in advance, -- Bertrand Meyer _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
