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SEO Dave
12-26-2004, 04:18 PM
Got a strange problem (not a major problem, but an irritation really).

Sometimes when I download txt, php, html (text based) files some of
the charachters aren't recognised by Notepad or Notespad (Notepad
replacement program).

The charachters are always carriage return and shown as a square
rather than a returning the next text to the next line.

This means all the text or code for web pages is on one line which is
a mess.

I've found some programs can read the correct character (Dreamweaver
for example) and if I upload the files to a server and then download
the problem goes away for PHP files but not others (which is really
weird)!!

If it was just Notespad (the notepad replacement program) I'd assume
it was a bug within the program, but it's also a problem with Notepad
that comes as standard with MS Windows.

The squares are recognised as carriage returns, by Forte' Agent (what
I use for email/NGs). For example this is code from such a file
(pasted the 'square' code and got this)-

=================================================
<?php
/*
$Id: account.php,v 1.61 2003/06/09 23:03:52 hpdl Exp $

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
http://www.oscommerce.com

Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce

Released under the GNU General Public License
*/

require('includes/application_top.php');

if
=================================================

Downloaded Oscommerce and every file I've looked at has squares in
place of carriage return. I've removed

Does anyone know what causes this and how to remove the problem
without having to upload to a server (which doesn't work with non PHP
files anyway)?

David
--
http://www.search-engine-optimization-services.co.uk/

David Barnes
12-26-2004, 04:18 PM
"SEO Dave" <seodave@search-engine-optimization-services.co.uk> wrote in
message news:mvpjs0d5beff7e660k807of6kajo1oi5tf@4ax.com...
>
> Got a strange problem (not a major problem, but an irritation really).
>
> Sometimes when I download txt, php, html (text based) files some of
> the charachters aren't recognised by Notepad or Notespad (Notepad
> replacement program).
>
> The charachters are always carriage return and shown as a square
> rather than a returning the next text to the next line.
>
> This means all the text or code for web pages is on one line which is
> a mess.
>
> I've found some programs can read the correct character (Dreamweaver
> for example) and if I upload the files to a server and then download
> the problem goes away for PHP files but not others (which is really
> weird)!!
>
> If it was just Notespad (the notepad replacement program) I'd assume
> it was a bug within the program, but it's also a problem with Notepad
> that comes as standard with MS Windows.
>
> The squares are recognised as carriage returns, by Forte' Agent (what
> I use for email/NGs). For example this is code from such a file
> (pasted the 'square' code and got this)-
>
> =================================================
> <?php
> /*
> $Id: account.php,v 1.61 2003/06/09 23:03:52 hpdl Exp $
>
> osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
> http://www.oscommerce.com
>
> Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce
>
> Released under the GNU General Public License
> */
>
> require('includes/application_top.php');
>
> if
> =================================================
>
> Downloaded Oscommerce and every file I've looked at has squares in
> place of carriage return. I've removed
>
> Does anyone know what causes this and how to remove the problem
> without having to upload to a server (which doesn't work with non PHP
> files anyway)?
>
> David
> --
> http://www.search-engine-optimization-services.co.uk/

Try this http://kb.indiana.edu/data/acux.html

Cheers,
Dave