I’ll submit a PR tonight.
Thanks, Brian On Oct 31, 2019, 12:26 PM -0400, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > Ben Rubinstein wrote: > > > Brian Milby wrote: > > > My suggestion is to just bite the bullet and build LC where 'file' > > > exports using LF on Mac > > > > Oh please yes! > > Seconded. > > Containing the scope of the remedy to text writes should affect very > few, and those affected will probably welcome the change. > > What needs to be done to move this forward? > > > Bob Sneidar wrote: > > Upon examining the ascii value of every line terminator I discovered > > something, perhaps the OS or the software itself, converted the > > terminators to something else. I also find this practice to be not > > just confusing, but reprehensible. > > LC supports two write modes: text and binary. Perhaps the editor you'd > used supports the equivalent of LC's text mode, where the data is indeed > altered to provide greater convenience for cross-platform line-endings, > replacing NULLs with spaces, etc. This is consistent with how HyperTalk > established writes, and I've seen some text editor packages do similar > things. > > When you need to preserve data as-is, use binary mode. > > Thankfully LC provides both. HyperCard provided only text mode, and > SuperCard only binary mode. I like being able to use each depending on > what I'm doing. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.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
