cr, lf, and reading in terminals/vim

[Klaus major-k]

Hi Richard,

> Am 30.10.2019 um 22:28 schrieb Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> I’ve tried every combination of cr, lf, and crlf, but whenever I assemble into a file, I get something that neither the OSX terminal or vim recognizes as having lf in it
> 
> I build a set of commands in mrgCmds, appending cr as I go, but I get a bunch of ^M in the otherwise uninterrupted stream with vi and less, while cat shows me the last line (presumably, as it keeps writing it over.
> 
> The code in question is
> put "outFil=open(theOutPdf, 'wb')" & cr after mrgCmds
> put "outFil.write(theOutPdf)" & cr after mrgCmds
> put "quit" & cr after mrgCmds
> replace cr with crlf in mrgCmds
> open file fldr & "/theCmds.py" for write
> write mrgCmds to file fldr & "/theCmds.py"
> close file fldr & "/theCmds.py"
> 
> please, someone help, before the termcap flashbacks tern me into a quivering blob of fear!
> — 
> Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.

I remember that a very, very long time ago I was advised to use numtochar(8)
as a "line delimiter" for macOS shell scripts written to disk.

At least worth a try...


Best

Klaus

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