eeChanges (changes)

In which input files is this field used?

In entries of DBI files

What should the field look like?

In the usual files (including w.dbi): [changes:xxx] or [changes:-]

What does the field contain?

Changes in a (re)print of a story, as compared to the original.
Very minor changes are not listed this way. For that we have the minorchanges field.

When a newspaper strip is printed in a comic, it's very usual that the layout has changed.
In cases where nothing was changed, we use [changes:-].

If the field "changes" is used (and not '-'), any reference to the issue in a reprint (rp-xx) field will have an * to indicate that something was changed in this reprint.

Though it is logical that a story was changed if the page count differs, we prefer an explicit mention of this in a changes field, to better detect possible errors.

Which CSV field(s) use this field?

The field changes in table inducks_entry

How is the data used in the rest of INDUCKS?

If changes is filled in (and not '-'), lots of automatic copying of data from story to entry and vice versa is NOT performed.

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