Re: Problem with downloading Inform .h files


15 Aug 1995 15:25:03 GMT

Thus spake John Baker (baker-j@ix.netcom.com):
] This has to do with the differing way that UNIX and DOS represent the
] end of a line. You can either use unix2dos before you download them to
] your PC, or you can open the files on your PC using MS-DOS 'edit'
] (which for some reason sees things correctly) and then save them, which
] will supply the correct CR/LF pair at the end of each line.

My question is, why can't Inform recognize either <cr> or <lf> (or both)
as the end of a line? Does this have to do with how Graham programmed the
line-by-line compiler? Of course, the ideal would be to have these treated
as white space, but I know the compiler has to detect the end of a line
somehow!

John
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