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Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad
From: |
Patrick McCarty |
Subject: |
Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad |
Date: |
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:54:50 -0800 |
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Francisco Vila <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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?
Not easily. I'm actually having trouble reproducing this problem on
my Linux system.
The attached LY file was created in Windows Notepad, saved in UTF-8
encoding, and I compiled it on Linux with no errors or warnings.
Do you see an error message when compiling this file? If so, can you
post the error?
Thanks,
Patrick
bom-mark-test.ly
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- 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, 2009/11/11
- 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
- Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad, Hans Aberg, 2009/11/13