Re: [josm-dev] control characters in config file

2010-12-29 Thread Dirk Stöcker
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Alan Mintz wrote: The workarounds have been removed some months ago. There should be nothing left. If there is, tell where and file a bug-report. I don't really understand what that means. I am saying there are different separators visibly present, with different logical

Re: [josm-dev] control characters in config file

2010-12-29 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-12-29 07:18, =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Dirk_St=F6cker?= wrote: On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Alan Mintz wrote: Yes. I used 0x1E (and yes, I know my standards), as semicolon had lots of troubles, same with comma and everthing else. E.G. the commit comments use all of these characters. Previously it has be

Re: [josm-dev] control characters in config file

2010-12-29 Thread Dirk Stöcker
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Frederik Ramm wrote: I don't know how to enter it by hand. I always used copy&paste :-) When I use the standard way of copy+paste under X - mouse select, then middle mouse button, no key presses - this results in a double ^ and not the desired 0x1e. In fact even fumblin

Re: [josm-dev] control characters in config file

2010-12-29 Thread Dirk Stöcker
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Alan Mintz wrote: Yes. I used 0x1E (and yes, I know my standards), as semicolon had lots of troubles, same with comma and everthing else. E.G. the commit comments use all of these characters. Previously it has been ';' as well as ',' and some forms of §. I don't mind whi

Re: [josm-dev] control characters in config file

2010-12-29 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 12/29/10 14:34, Dirk Stöcker wrote: I don't know how to enter it by hand. I always used copy&paste :-) When I use the standard way of copy+paste under X - mouse select, then middle mouse button, no key presses - this results in a double ^ and not the desired 0x1e. In fact even fumblin

Re: [josm-dev] control characters in config file

2010-12-29 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-12-29 04:25, =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Dirk_St=F6cker?= wrote: On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Frederik Ramm wrote: I am slightly unhappy about the fact that we have control characters (more specifically, the "record separator" 0x1e ... Yes. I used 0x1E (and yes, I know my standards), as semicolon had l

Re: [josm-dev] control characters in config file

2010-12-29 Thread Dirk Stöcker
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Frederik Ramm wrote: Why did you not go with a semicolon and escape it when it occurred elsewhere? Given that 0x1E is a valid character that might conceivably appear inside a value, you must have some sort of escaping rule anyway - why not apply the same escaping rule but

Re: [josm-dev] control characters in config file

2010-12-29 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 12/29/10 13:25, Dirk Stöcker wrote: Yes. I used 0x1E (and yes, I know my standards), as semicolon had lots of troubles, same with comma and everthing else. E.G. the commit comments use all of these characters. Previously it has been ';' as well as ',' and some forms of §. Why did you no

Re: [josm-dev] control characters in config file

2010-12-29 Thread Dirk Stöcker
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Frederik Ramm wrote: I am slightly unhappy about the fact that we have control characters (more specifically, the "record separator" 0x1e - someone must really have read their standards) in the config file. This means that I cannot simply email someone and say "add this

[josm-dev] control characters in config file

2010-12-29 Thread Frederik Ramm
JOSM devs, I am slightly unhappy about the fact that we have control characters (more specifically, the "record separator" 0x1e - someone must really have read their standards) in the config file. This means that I cannot simply email someone and say "add this line to your config file" (e.g