I just did a test on Sierra and TextEdit did not change LF to anything else. Mac should never convert to CRLF by default.
Thanks, Brian On Jan 7, 2019, 10:28 AM -0600, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > This is a perennial problem. My personal opinion is that unless a user > explicitly wants to alter the line endings in a file, no assumptions should > be made by the developer in this regard. A classic example (at least for me) > is working with files exported from copiers. Let's say I want to export the > email addresses from a Toshiba copier, edit them in a spreadsheet, then > re-import them back into the copier. Simply OPENING the text file, in > TextEdit or Word on a Mac OS will convert the line endings to the Mac > defaults, EVEN IF I DO NOT SAVE THE FILE!!! Now the Toshiba copier will > reject the file because it is expecting line feeds and it has CRLFs instead. > So I have to edit these files in a Windows VM or I break them. > > Bob S > > > > On Jan 4, 2019, at 10:07 , Brian Milby via use-livecode > > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > On a Mac you have to use binfile if you want the appropriate line endings > > (LF)* as file will change them to the legacy version (CR). On Windows, you > > probably still want to use file so that the line endings are adjusted to > > CRLF. UTF recognizes both as valid (CRLF and LF), not sure about CR. > > > > * I use Xcode as my justification to say that LF is proper. It is the line > > ending used there. > > > > Thanks, > > Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
