When you say you are viewing a "saved routine", how are you viewing the saved routine and how was the routine saved (ZSAVE vs. GT.M HFS file vs. a routine save utility to HFS)?
I have not looked at the complete M ANSI standards in awhile. What is the official definition of <line start> character? I know that <TAB> is one. I do not remember if <SPACE> is a legitimate <line start> character. It also depends upon what is the source of the saved routine. If you are looking a routine save file, then if that utility uses something like W !,$T(@TAG) to write a line out to the HFS file, then doesn't the standard require that the <line start> character be converted to a <SPACE>? I know that Cache is particular on which <line start> character you use in the specific Cache tool. If you are creating a routine using a telnet window and are at the command prompt. Then you must use <TAB> to have Cache save that line to the routine buffer. Otherwise you get varied results using <SPACE> as the <line start> character. "A ;" will generate a <syntax> error. Yet " W !,1" is executed with no problems. If you use Cache Studio tool, you can use either <TAB> or <SPACE> as the line start character. With v5.xx Cache preserves that line start character. If you used <SPACE> it will retrieve the routine with the <SPACE>. If you used the <TAB> it will retrieve the routine with <TAB> as the line start character. If you use %RO in Cache to save the routine to a HFS file, then restore that file using %RI, the routine will have a <SPACE> when loaded into Studio. I suspect that Cache used $T(tag) to get the lines of the routines and thus <TAB> line start would have been converted to <SPACE>. Because of this trait, I have gotten into the habit of typing a <SPACE> in Studio for the line start character. I used to use <TAB> and had changed Studio's default tab stop from 4 to 8. But now I always use <SPACE>. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 7:24 PM Subject: [Hardhats-members] Formatting *.m and *.rsa files > I have what I hope is a simple question. When entering MUMPS code, > I'm in the habit of typing a <tab> before every non-label line, and > that works fine. When I look at the saved routines, it appears that > the tabs are replaced with a (single) space. Is this correct? Is > there a more complicated rule? Is it the same on both major platforms? > === > Gregory Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Without the requirement of mathematical aesthetics a great many > discoveries would not have been made." > -- Albert Einstein ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
