Copy from IDE no carriage return

[warwound]

I've been meaning to ask this for a few weeks now.

When i copied code from the IDE into Windows Notepad it always used to copy 'properly' - each line from the IDE correctly pasted into Notepad on it's own line.

At some point pasting code from the IDE into Notepad now pastes the code as a single line - all lines from the IDE concatenated into a single line in Notepad.

Imagine copying a linux text document into a windows text editor - has the IDE started using a linux end of line character sequence instead of a windows end of line character sequence?

I noticed this shortly after upgrading to Windows 8 from Windows 7 and half assumed that the Windows 8 Notepad has started using a different line ending character sequence - but that sounds rather unlikely.

Notepad has no settings to choose end of line character sequence so is the problem with the IDE or elsewhere?

Martin.

 

[Erel]

Please try to paste the code in Notepad++ and check the end of line characters. It should be CRLF (windows end of line).

 

[warwound]

OK i downloaded and installed Notepad++.

Pasted some code from the IDE into Notepad++ and it pastes correctly, though i don't see anywhere in Notepad++ that tells me the line ending being used.

Pasting the exact same clipboard contents into Notepad pastes it all as a single line.

I was just thinking - this problem appeared at the same time that i installed the windows version of gedit. I doubt that the gedit installation modified any windows files BUT it is possible.
So i ran the windows System File Checker and tried pasting into Notepad again - it still pastes the code as a single line.

Martin.

 

[netchicken]

I paste into word 2012/2013 with no problems. I suspect that it's something new that you have done, but its really an odd problem.

 

[agraham]

I also get a single line when pasting IDE code into Notepad.

Saving it from Notepad and looking at it with a Hex Editor shows that each line is terminated by a single LF (x09) character. Loading it into Notepad++ shows Unix line endings.

If you paste it directly into Notepad++ it will convert it to the current line ending format. For a new document in Notepad++ this is Dos\Windows.

 

[warwound]

@agraham - which version of Windows are you using?

Martin.

[edit]I'm using 64 bit Windows 8[/edit]

 

[klaus]

I had never tried it but I get also a single line.
Windows 7 64bit.

Best regards.

 

[Erel]

I guess that this was always the issue as internally the IDE uses \n as the end of line character. I tested it with Notepad++ and apparently Notepad++ changes the end of line automatically.

From a developer to a developer I can say that you should never use notepad. Notepad++ is much much better. Try it for a while.

 

[warwound]

I've been using the windows version of gedit as an alternative to Notepad - it better supports various other programming types of files.

But i think i'll give Notepad++ a try instead - gedit is awfully slow to start and probably has little to recommend it over Notepad++.

Martin.

 

[MikeH]

Is there a B4A language file I can download from someone please?

I`ll also ask in the relevant thread, but are there plans for a standalone b4a compiler so Notepad++ could be used as an ide?