How to preserving XML tag string formats in variables?

[Keith Clarke]

True, Slava, but as Jim mentioned earlier in the thread, concerning LiveCode field quirks, it's probably best to stick with a platform-agnostic tool for plain text file management, rather than have the platform's or editing app's requirements or idiosyncrasies become a filter on the purity of the target standard.

When I did web stuff on Windows I used Wordpad rather than Notepad, as it could handle native UNIX/HTML/XML standard text files. I now avoid Windows except for IE compatibility testing, so I don't have that particular problem. 
Best,
Keith..
 
On 22 May 2011, at 08:00, Slava Paperno wrote:

> If you ever need to open those files in Notepad, you'll really want
> Windows-style CRLF (0x0D + 0x0A, or decimal 13 + 10) at the end of each
> line.
> 
> Slava
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-
>> bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Keith Clarke
>> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 2:28 AM
>> To: How to use LiveCode
>> Subject: Re: How to preserving XML tag string formats in variables?
>> 
>> Thanks for flagging this up but I have no problem with linefeeds - and
>> the client platform is a red herring when dealing with standards-based
>> XML. But I did a bit of digging - just to ensure that this won't bite
>> me later...
>> 
>> LiveCode's 'return' (or 'cr' for short) provides the correct 'linefeed'
>> XML end-of-line character. http://www.w3schools.com/xmL/xml_syntax.asp
>> ...and fortunately HTML is even more flexible
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.3.2
>> 
>> So, 'return' or 'cr' is the safe mechanism for LiveCode to generate
>> text file new line, end-of-line, line break (I think that seeded all
>> the relevant search terms for future reference!) when working with XML
>> or HTML files that are destined for internet usage. (I think that
>> sentence seeded all the relevant search terms for future reference!)
>> Best,
>> Keith..
>> 
>> On 22 May 2011, at 02:30, Jim Ault wrote:
>> 
>>> Look in the LC dictionary under CR constant for a detailed
>> explanation, and also the constants LF, CRLF
>>> 
>>> This is always confusing to people who are not used to cross-platform
>> and web server programming.
>>> 
>>> Hope this helps.
>>> 
>>> On May 21, 2011, at 2:45 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Is it important that return and cr are two different things,
>> depending on the OS? I was told that return means cr/lf on a Mac system
>> and maybe windows, while Linux/Unix systems interpret it as something
>> different. CR is a single carriage return. Do I have this right? Does
>> this matter to your particular application?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jim Ault
>>> Las Vegas
>>> 
>>> 
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