True, Slava, but as Jim mentioned earlier in the thread, concerning LiveCode field quirks, it's probably best to stick with a platform-agnostic tool for plain text file management, rather than have the platform's or editing app's requirements or idiosyncrasies become a filter on the purity of the target standard.
When I did web stuff on Windows I used Wordpad rather than Notepad, as it could handle native UNIX/HTML/XML standard text files. I now avoid Windows except for IE compatibility testing, so I don't have that particular problem. Best, Keith.. On 22 May 2011, at 08:00, Slava Paperno wrote: > If you ever need to open those files in Notepad, you'll really want > Windows-style CRLF (0x0D + 0x0A, or decimal 13 + 10) at the end of each > line. > > Slava > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- >> boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Keith Clarke >> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 2:28 AM >> To: How to use LiveCode >> Subject: Re: How to preserving XML tag string formats in variables? >> >> Thanks for flagging this up but I have no problem with linefeeds - and >> the client platform is a red herring when dealing with standards-based >> XML. But I did a bit of digging - just to ensure that this won't bite >> me later... >> >> LiveCode's 'return' (or 'cr' for short) provides the correct 'linefeed' >> XML end-of-line character. http://www.w3schools.com/xmL/xml_syntax.asp >> ...and fortunately HTML is even more flexible >> http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.3.2 >> >> So, 'return' or 'cr' is the safe mechanism for LiveCode to generate >> text file new line, end-of-line, line break (I think that seeded all >> the relevant search terms for future reference!) when working with XML >> or HTML files that are destined for internet usage. (I think that >> sentence seeded all the relevant search terms for future reference!) >> Best, >> Keith.. >> >> On 22 May 2011, at 02:30, Jim Ault wrote: >> >>> Look in the LC dictionary under CR constant for a detailed >> explanation, and also the constants LF, CRLF >>> >>> This is always confusing to people who are not used to cross-platform >> and web server programming. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> On May 21, 2011, at 2:45 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >>> >>>> Is it important that return and cr are two different things, >> depending on the OS? I was told that return means cr/lf on a Mac system >> and maybe windows, while Linux/Unix systems interpret it as something >> different. CR is a single carriage return. Do I have this right? Does >> this matter to your particular application? >>>> >>> >>> Jim Ault >>> Las Vegas >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
