Re: [MacPerl] Re: Newlines

[Alex Satrapa <packrat@blitzen.canberra.edu.au>]

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At 07:28 +1000 on 13/10/97, Chris Nandor wrote:
>At 16.47 10/12/97, Mark F. Murphy wrote:
>>Well... I was hoping I didn't have to translate the files first.
I was
>>kinda hoping MacPerl would work with either transparently.
>
>Nope.  This isn't a good idea.  What if you wanted embedded \012
characters in your MacPerl script?

In most cases I've worked with, there's no need to embed control
codes at all. I either use "\0x0A" (or "\012" or "\0x0D" or "\014")
for the special characters if I'm editing a binary-mode file, or I
put special comments in for parseing purposes.

Does anyone have other reasons for embedding control codes?

As far as automatic translation goes, I develop a script on my Mac,
then FTP it to the Linux host in ASCII mode. This works wonderfully.
If there is a need, I can do "last minute" changes using my Linux
text editor (my preference is Pico, but I know some diehards who use
vi), then transfer it back to the Mac, once again in ASCII mode.

Regards,
Alex Satrapa
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