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Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad
From: |
Francisco Vila |
Subject: |
Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad |
Date: |
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:57:33 +0100 |
2009/11/11 Patrick McCarty <address@hidden>:
> On 2009-11-11, Francisco Vila wrote:
>> Hello. When LilyPond for Linux encounters a BOM from files made with
>> the Windows notepad, it issues an error.
>
> Has this always been the case, or is this a new issue with 2.13.7?
I vaguely remember it happening from 2005.
>
>> I think it should continue making the PDF anyway, because the file has
>> an otherwise correct syntax; what do you think?
>
> Yes, definitely. The BOM is permitted by the UTF-8 spec, so an error
> should not be issued.
The problem is that young starters receive perfectly detailed
instructions and they give me working files except for this; it is
embrassing for me having still to edit their files to produce a PDF in
my Linux system. A warning would suffice; is there a way to convert
an error into a warning?
--
Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain)
www.paconet.org
www.csmbadajoz.com
- BOM mark from Windows notepad, Francisco Vila, 2009/11/11
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad, Patrick McCarty, 2009/11/11
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad,
Francisco Vila <=
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad, Patrick McCarty, 2009/11/11
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad, Francisco Vila, 2009/11/12
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad, Hans Aberg, 2009/11/12
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad, David Kastrup, 2009/11/12
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad, Hans Aberg, 2009/11/12
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad, Patrick McCarty, 2009/11/12
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad, Patrick McCarty, 2009/11/12
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad, Francisco Vila, 2009/11/13
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad, Francisco Vila, 2009/11/13
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad, Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool), 2009/11/13