On Jan 17, 2013, at 12:49 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
> On 1/17/13 12:28 PM, Robert Sneidar wrote: >> >> It's my understanding that cr is just a cr regardless of platform. I >> may have it backwards. > > Yup, backwards. :) "Cr" and "return" are synonyms and produce the same thing, > which is ascii 11 (linefeed, the unix convention). There is no ascii 13 > (carriage return) or Windows endings (CRLF) unless you put binary data into > the stack or script it using numToChar(13). > > When importing text files, LiveCode translates all OS-native line endings to > ascii 11. When exporting to a text file, it translates all linefeeds back to > the native line endings. > > Importing/exporting as binary doesn't translate line endings. This is all important to remember if you are talking with a serial device or something else that expects real CR characters. I pulled some hair out learning that one. Luckily I have plenty spare. .Jerry _______________________________________________ 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
