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Re1: [zzdev] Re: :zz,unix: Probs running PC ZigZag from Linux



Hi Andrew--

I just don't get this at all.

>> >I also can't see a way
>> >to have the program check itself for wrong line endings before it is
>> >run - you'd have to use another program to do that.  

You mean there couldn't be a preprocessor that knows the environment,
 takes the ZZ program as data, and fixes its line endings?

ChrzT


At 11:53 PM 9/19/99 +1000, you wrote:
>> At 06:58 AM 7/11/99 +1000, you wrote:
>> >On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 05:02:50AM +0900, Ted Nelson wrote:
>> >> Wouldn't it be possible to have a preprocessor that
>> >>  checks the ZigZag file and fixes it for the current version,
>> >>  no matter what machine or format it's in?
>> >>
>> >> I think we really need it.  The non-interoperability
>> >>  is already a great difficulty for me.
>> >
>> >For the Zigzag data, we already do this as much as possible.  We can't
>> >convert from foreign formats where we don't have the program that
>> >created the file and thus don't know how to access it.  That's why we
>> >have a standard text-based interchange format.  I also can't see a way
>> >to have the program check itself for wrong line endings before it is
>> >run - you'd have to use another program to do that.  That's why we have
>> >separate Unix and Windows versions of Zigzag.  Welcome to the wonderful
>> >world of incompatibility that we all live in.
>> >
>> >Cheers,
>> >	*** Xanni ***
>
>On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 11:17:27AM +0900, Ted Nelson wrote:
>> Okay, so the Windows version can't be recognized
>>  automatically.  So why can't we give the Windows version
>>  a flag that the processor can check for?
>
>I don't quite understand what you're proposing.  Can you be more specific?
>
>Cheers,
>	*** Xanni ***
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