Thx for suggestion; I will add it to the docs. kp
Am Donnerstag, 1. Juli 2004 16:59 schrieb freeman groups: > Sorry to KP for originally sending my reply only to him ... pesky > reply-to setting of this LEAF list :/ (yes, I know...) > > K.-P. Kirchdörfer wrote: > >If you can edit leaf.cfg with a decent editor (not adding CR/LF) like > > notepad, > > I was curious about this because my recollection was that notepad didn't > handle <LF>-only files very well and I made these observations (I'm > running XP Pro SP-1 and the notepad program that comes with). When I > described below how I opened any file I had, in advance, removed all > <CF> with the DOS2Unix proggie. A hex-viewing of the files confirmed > that DOS2UNIX was doing what I expected... > > - notepad displays the <LF> as a box-like character and doesn't start > each line on a new line like one would expect - one is presented with a > continuous stream (line) of characters > - in a file of 5 lines with each line having only 1 character (hey, I > was just quickie testing) plus the <LF> I was presented with 5 > box-characters and no single-char-per-line characters that I had > therein?!?! - in a file with multiple blank lines at the top I was also > presented with a stream of box-chars but no single-char-per-line chars > - if one has multiple lines in the notepad doc and one saves it, then > one gets the <CR><LF> end-of-line action > - at one time I had opened & saved a file with notepad (making no > changes to the file) and notepad had prepended two chars to > the file - 0xFE & 0xFF > > So if I may, I'd probably not suggest use of notepad to people as it > doesn't play nicely with <LF>-only files. I am guessing that it looks at > the first 1 or 2 chars of a file and makes some determination about the > filetype, and doesn't recognize <LF>-only-delineated files very well. > > My suggestion is for people to edit any files to their heart's content > with their editor of choice and when done, run the DOS2UNIX utility > which strips the <CR> chars. It works under pure DOS as well as a DOS > box under XP (and I would expect 9x, ME, 2K, NT as well). It can be d/l > from: > http://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/micro/pc/simtelnet/msdos/txtutl/dos2unix.zip > > Thanks for LEAF! > > scott; canada > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. > Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - > digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, > unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
