On a mac, BBEdit or its older cousin TextWrangler will preserve line endings. It just works. You can also easily change endings with a pull-down menu. That stoppedl me from whining about the price. They also have good tech support. .Jerry
> On Jan 7, 2019, at 8:28 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > This is a perennial problem. My personal opinion is that unless a user > explicitly wants to alter the line endings in a file, no assumptions should > be made by the developer in this regard. A classic example (at least for me) > is working with files exported from copiers. Let's say I want to export the > email addresses from a Toshiba copier, edit them in a spreadsheet, then > re-import them back into the copier. Simply OPENING the text file, in > TextEdit or Word on a Mac OS will convert the line endings to the Mac > defaults, EVEN IF I DO NOT SAVE THE FILE!!! Now the Toshiba copier will > reject the file because it is expecting line feeds and it has CRLFs instead. > So I have to edit these files in a Windows VM or I break them. > > Bob S _______________________________________________ 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
