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| From | dale <dale@dalekelly.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.soft-sys.octave, comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot, comp.lang.awk |
| Subject | Re: [OT] add carriage return to text files |
| Date | 2017-03-04 12:01 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <a5bhdm.gt7.19.1@news.alt.net> (permalink) |
| References | <a49sgg.tnn.19.1@news.alt.net> <20170219154106.891@kylheku.com> <a4a209.uhh.17.1@news.alt.net> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2/19/17 7:15 PM, dale wrote: > On 2/19/17 6:54 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote: >> On 2017-02-19, dale <dale@dalekelly.org> wrote: >>> I have a bunch of octave, gnuplot and awk files that I made in gedit on >>> linux, they only have a linefeed at the end of a line, I would like to >>> add a carriage return after each linefeed so I can see them on windows >> >> Learn real editor. >> >> Vim: >> >> :set fileformat=dos >> :w >> >> File now saved with CR-LF line endings. Next time you open the file, >> Vim will automatically use this fileformat setting. >> >> If you you are just simply using a shared folder between Linux and >> Windows, or copying the files back and forth, consider just keeping the >> files in Windows format. If Octave and Gnuplot on Linux don't mind >> the CR's, you're just fine. Edit in a decent editor and you won't >> see the line endings. >> >> Regarding conversion, the manpage for "unix2dos" and "dos2unix". >> >> Another thing: you should consider putting your files into a >> cross-platform version control system like Git. A version control system >> can create a working copy of text files in the local operating system >> format. >> >> You can make a change on Windows to your Octave or Awk code, >> commit the change, then push it out to your Linux-side repository >> where the update is seen in Unix format. >> >> No software developer worth their salt performs conversions on >> their maintained source code between Unix and Windows. Version >> control takes care of it. >> >> I wouldn't develop anything other than throwaway code without version >> control. >> > > Thanks Much!!! > be back when I give it a try > signed up for github, when I download a text file it still doesn't work in notepad, but it works in wordpad guess it is a notepad problem -- dale | http://www.dalekelly.org
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[OT] add carriage return to text files dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2017-02-19 17:41 -0500
Re: [OT] add carriage return to text files Kaz Kylheku <336-986-7787@kylheku.com> - 2017-02-19 23:54 +0000
Re: [OT] add carriage return to text files dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2017-03-04 12:01 -0500
Re: [OT] add carriage return to text files Lorenz <lorenznl@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-20 07:35 +0000
Re: [OT] add carriage return to text files Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2017-02-20 09:03 +0100
Re: [OT] add carriage return to text files gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2017-02-20 08:29 +0000
Re: [OT] add carriage return to text files Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2017-02-20 10:03 +0100
Re: [OT] add carriage return to text files dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2017-02-20 12:02 -0500
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