You don't want to remove it, you need to replace it with the \ character (which needs to be the END character of the line).
roymeo At 02:41 PM 1/21/02 +1100, you wrote: >Has anyone else struck this problem: > >I am having a problem getting my pdf script to compile because of the use of >the "�" sign to indicate the end of a lingo script line. I have removed the >character in other scripts(direct email, drag'n drop) with success but in >this case the the pdf open string is longer than 256 characters and returns >an "operend espected" error when I try this. It seems like an >incompatibility with Dir 8.5 because I did't have this problem in ver 8.0! > > >Mark Jenkinson >Multimedia Project Officer >Kangan Batman Institute >Learning Research & Design >44 Buckley St, Essendon >Private Bag 299 >Somerton VIC 3062 >Telephone 03 9254 3073 >Facsimile 03 9375 2726 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2002 4:01 am >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Lingo-l digest, Vol 1 #18 - 10 msgs > > >Send Lingo-l mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail4.fcgnetworks.net/listinfo/lingo-l >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Lingo-l digest..." > > >[You are receiving the digest version of Lingo-L. When replying to a >message in this digest, post the response to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and >optionally copy the original poster. Do NOT include or quote this whole >digest in your reply! You should also change the subject line to reflect the >original subject, and not just say Re: Digest...] > >Today's Topics: > > 1. RE: Beatnik Xtra (James Tu) > 2. ogg vorbis xtra ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 3. chartonum 0? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 4. speaking of open source: is shockwave.com dying? >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 5. RE: Beatnik Xtra (Richard Turner-Jones) > 6. Re: creating a file with filextra3? (Andreas Gaunitz P11) > 7. Re: Filename of member (Is:leniency with global properties) (Brennan) > 8. Re: chartonum 0? (Fumio Nonaka) > 9. Re: chartonum 0? (Jakob Hede Madsen) > 10. Re: chartonum 0? (Jakob Hede Madsen) > >--__--__-- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 01:35:31 -0800 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: James Tu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Beatnik Xtra >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Thanks Richard. That's pretty helpful. If you find the Xtra, please >post! :^) > > > >At 03:44 PM 1/19/2002 +1000, you wrote: > >Hi James, > > > >It seems that Beatnik (formerly Headspace) are focusing on > >wireless/mobile/handheld apps and technology, which is a shame as there > >Audio solution was (and still is ) miles ahead of the competition. > > > >Try http://www.sonify.org/index.html for information, tools, and a > >petition to make Beatnik Open-source. > > > >Hope that helps, as far as the tools go, I'm still trying to find > >mention of where to get them now. > > > >Richard > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of James Tu > >Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2002 6:04 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: <lingo-l> Beatnik Xtra > > > > > >I can't seem to find a place to download...Beatnik's site said they no > >longer support it. Just a few days ago I was able to find at least > >Beatnik > >Pro on their website... > > > >Does anyone know what the story is? > > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > >Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L > >is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > >James Tu >212-489-5312 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 2 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 02:09:53 -0600 (CST) >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: <lingo-l> ogg vorbis xtra >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Hey - just poking at directordev.com and found it - neat! > >Thanks guys. > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 3 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 02:45:04 -0600 (CST) >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: <lingo-l> chartonum 0? >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >What's the ascii equivalent of chartonum = 0? > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 4 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 03:41:14 -0600 (CST) >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: <lingo-l> speaking of open source: is shockwave.com dying? >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >No chance of the creativity xtras becoming open to developers, eh? > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 5 >From: "Richard Turner-Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Beatnik Xtra >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 20:20:04 +1000 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Which Xtra are you after, the Lite or Pro version? I'm not sure what >happens with the Pro version as far as purchasing goes. Maybe something >will come of the Sonify site. > >I have the Lite version, but I'm not sure of the rules on posting it (or >it's location). >It came on one of the Director install CD's (Eight I think, may be >wrong, I'll have to look at it) > >Richard > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of James Tu >Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2002 7:36 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Beatnik Xtra > > >Thanks Richard. That's pretty helpful. If you find the Xtra, please >post! :^) > > > >At 03:44 PM 1/19/2002 +1000, you wrote: > >Hi James, > > > >It seems that Beatnik (formerly Headspace) are focusing on > >wireless/mobile/handheld apps and technology, which is a shame as there > > >Audio solution was (and still is ) miles ahead of the competition. > > > >Try http://www.sonify.org/index.html for information, tools, and a > >petition to make Beatnik Open-source. > > > >Hope that helps, as far as the tools go, I'm still trying to find > >mention of where to get them now. > > > >Richard > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of James Tu > >Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2002 6:04 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: <lingo-l> Beatnik Xtra > > > > > >I can't seem to find a place to download...Beatnik's site said they no > >longer support it. Just a few days ago I was able to find at least > >Beatnik Pro on their website... > > > >Does anyone know what the story is? > > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, > >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > >Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, >email > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). >Lingo-L > >is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > >James Tu >212-489-5312 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). >Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 6 >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 12:22:59 +0100 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Andreas Gaunitz P11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: <lingo-l> creating a file with filextra3? >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Kendall and Grimmwerks, > >Thank you both for your valueable input according to file formats, midi and >QT! > >-A. > > > >> Hmm...no, but isn't there a site (something like whatis.org) that tells > >> all the specs of each type of file? > > > >www.wotsit.org > > > >Invaluable site.. > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 7 >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 14:18:34 +0100 >From: Brennan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Filename of member (Is:leniency with global >properties) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I would have responded sooner, but I couldn't see my computer for about >three hours. > >Then I realised someone had moved my chair and I was actually sitting on the >floor looking at the table legs. Doh! > >"Bruce Epstein - Zeus Productions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I quote an esteemed colleague talking about XML parsing: > > > > "Be strict in what you send, lenient in what you accept. There's a very > > large chunk of the XML community that thinks their software has done > > its job as soon as it rejects a document for being non-conformant. If > > networks were built that way, we'd still be talking with tin cans and > > string." > > > > Applying this to Lingo: > > > > 1. I will strictly write solid code > > 2. I will tolerate poorly behaved code as best I can (see number 1). > > > > Applying this to the argument at hand, I am lenient enough to accept > > your strict interpretation. ;) > >Well, true enough, strictness might be too much to expect from others, but >the problem with 'looseness' is that everybody has a different idea of what >it is. > >I think Jakob's point is well made, but the really important thing is not to >be accountable when someone says "My code broke and we lost the >gig/contract/bonus because your code forgot to reset the itemDelimiter". > >Also, if you're operating on a 'black box' prinicple, creating a routine (or >if you're an OOP type, writing a method) which is going to be called from >inside someone else's code which may or may not be using the itemDelimiter >or the floatPrecision or whatever, don't you have some kind of >responsibility to save and restore? > >If not, shouldn't you document that the routine/method has side effects? > >on brennanscode > > the itemDelimiter = ":" > out = "" > str = "Macintosh HD:Documents:Porn:GoatLover.jpg" > c = str.item.count > > repeat with n = 1 to c > j = jakobsCode(str, n) > out = j.item[n] > end repeat > >end > >-Brennan > >--__--__-- > >Message: 8 >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 22:33:28 +0900 >From: Fumio Nonaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: <lingo-l> chartonum 0? >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Is this what you are looking for? > >put numToChar(0) >-- "" >_____ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > What's the ascii equivalent of chartonum = 0? > >Good luck, > >Fumio Nonaka >Phone: +81-42-397-9452 >Fax: +81-42-397-9452 >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.FumioNonaka.com > >--__--__-- > >Message: 9 >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 12:44:52 +0100 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Jakob Hede Madsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: <lingo-l> chartonum 0? >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >At 2:45 -0600 19/01/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >What's the ascii equivalent of chartonum = 0? > >Lingo interprets ascii 0 as an "End Of String" flag. > >You can play with that, like: > >on test > tString = "End Of String" > put 1, tString > tZero = numToChar(0) > put tZero into char 7 of tString > put 2, tString > tString2 = "" > repeat while true > tChar = tString.char[1] > delete tString.char[1] > if tChar = EMPTY then exit repeat > if tChar = tZero then tChar = SPACE > tString2 = tString2 & tChar > end repeat > put 3, tString2 >end > >-- Welcome to Director -- >test >-- 1 "End Of String" >-- 2 "End Of" >-- 3 "End Of String" > >Jakob > >--__--__-- > >Message: 10 >Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 12:44:52 +0100 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Jakob Hede Madsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: <lingo-l> chartonum 0? >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >At 2:45 -0600 19/01/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >What's the ascii equivalent of chartonum = 0? > >Lingo interprets ascii 0 as an "End Of String" flag. > >You can play with that, like: > >on test > tString = "End Of String" > put 1, tString > tZero = numToChar(0) > put tZero into char 7 of tString > put 2, tString > tString2 = "" > repeat while true > tChar = tString.char[1] > delete tString.char[1] > if tChar = EMPTY then exit repeat > if tChar = tZero then tChar = SPACE > tString2 = tString2 & tChar > end repeat > put 3, tString2 >end > >-- Welcome to Director -- >test >-- 1 "End Of String" >-- 2 "End Of" >-- 3 "End Of String" > >Jakob > > >--__--__-- > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to regular (non-digest) >mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the >list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED]). 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