Thanks Mark, will give it a try. I thought "return" was supposed to be the new universal way to refer to the platform-appropriate return character but I guess not. Then again, I'm not even sure this is really a platform related issue.
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On 3/11/13 2:11 PM, "Mark Talluto" <use...@canelasoftware.com> wrote: >On Mar 6, 2013, at 9:29 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > >> I have a stack that generates a return-delimited list of files in a >>folder >> and writes the list to a simple text file. >> put theFileList into url ("file:" & dropBoxFolder() & "flist.txt") >> >> >> When I retrieve this file within LiveCode, it ignores the returns and >>places >> all entries in a single line. If I open the text file in a text >>editor, the >> lines are displayed properly. I tried resaving the file from the text >> editor, but LiveCode still ignores the returns unless I explicitly >>return >> each line by hand in the text editor. >> >> I tried using all the return forms: return, cr, crlf, with no >>difference. >> >> Now, if I write the file list using "binfile", LiveCode is then able to >>read >> the returns correctly. Why is this? > > >Hi Scott, > >I find that to get get reliable CR on all platforms I use LF instead. >You can also run: replace numToChar(13) with numToChar(10) in >{variableNameHere} > >This will clean out all the offenders. > > >Best regards, > >Mark Talluto >canelasoftware.com >_______________________________________________ >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