| Macintosh users, watch out for CR vs. LF |
| Description: make sure to use UNIX or Windows/DOS line endings not Mac |
| Author: Scott Lawton |
| Date: Thu Oct 07, 2004 10:24 pm |
| Type: Fix |
| Keywords: Macintosh, style, new style, create, subSilver |
| Category: Styles |
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The following applies when creating or modifying template files for a custom style (e.g. per http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=197) -- and perhaps for other editing tasks.
By default, Macintosh OS 9 (and below) put a CR (carriage return or just "return") at the end of each line. Windows/DOS puts BOTH a CR and LF (linefeed ). UNIX just puts a LF (often called "newline").
If you upload a .tpl file with just CR, it may not show up at all! (In my case, only overall_footer.tpl showed up; not sure why.)
Some Macintosh utilities (text editors and ftp clients) may automatically translate LF into CR, e.g. when downloading the subSilver style as a starting point for creating your own. If so, you have to translate them back.
One simple way: BBEdit. Open all the text files and run the following AppleScript (just paste it into Script Editor and click Run):
tell application "BBEdit 6.0"
repeat while exists document 1
tell document 1
set line breaks to Unix
save
close
end tell
end repeat
end tell |
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