Sez MK: > i have some short text files (literally just lists of fully qualified > file pathnames) put out by a basic perl routine that will not display > in the mc viewer because > > identify: Length and filesize do not match 'file.txt'. > identify: Static planes value not equal to 1 'file.txt'. > > leading to "Empty output from child filter" > > However, MOST of the files from this routine are fine, and in any case > they ALL display without complaint in vim, gedit, cat, less, and > fulfill their purpose within perl. But i like to be able to view them > my usual way of course and this message is disturbing to me...i can > find no informative reference to "Static planes value", etc. > > What does this mean? >
Most likely, identify, a part of the ImageMagick kit, is mistaking your text for images. Several image formats use a magic identifier that's a short text string. Check the text to see if there's a possible ID string in there. Reynir H. Stefánsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- It's paranoia only if *nobody* is out to get you. _______________________________________________ Mc mailing list http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
