akhiezer wrote: >> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 07:20:38 -0500 >> From: Ron Hartikka <harti...@gmail.com> >> To: LFS Support List <lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org> >> Subject: Re: [lfs-support] SOLVED: lfs 7.4 section 5.9.1. Installation of >> Binutils error: Cannot run C compiled programs >> >> >> >> Even supposing the HTML looks innocent, I'm wondering if there are other >> ways for a multi-line selection to get corrupted. >> >> I experimented with the configure command in 7.4/5.9 Binutils. >> >> I was convinced that the method didn't work there in my situation. >> >> I'll repeat this later. >> > > > Try to see what you're actually pasting. > > What happens if you do: > (1) highlight & copy the text using the same method - i.e. same mouse buttons, > same source of text (html/pdf/...), same environment > (terminal/browser/...), > etc - as when it went wrong. > (2) vi -i > (3) do the paste using the same method - i.e. use same mouse button (I think > you > said middle-click), etc - as when it had gone wrong. > (4) save to a filename /tmp/tstpst or similar.
You don't need to do that to see what is being pasted. Using vim, just :set list. It displays non-visible characters like \r \t \n etc so you can easily see exactly what you have. -- Bruce > (5) cat -A /tmp/tstpst # or 'od -c /tmp/tstpst', or similar. > (6) Post here the output from preceding step; delimit it above & below with > '----' . > (7) Does the output from step '(5)' look clean? > > > rgds, > > akh > > > > > > -- > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
