Author: Inmann Werner
Date: 00:05:54 08/27/99
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On August 26, 1999 at 10:21:16, Pete Galati wrote: >On August 26, 1999 at 04:56:30, Inmann Werner wrote: > >>On August 26, 1999 at 03:41:27, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>>On August 26, 1999 at 03:01:14, Dave Gomboc wrote: >>> >>>>On August 26, 1999 at 02:29:37, Pete Galati wrote: >>>> >>>>>I managed to fix my makefile problem by editing a new one together with Wordpad >>>>>instead of the Dos editor. I don't understand that at all other than it seems to >>>>>handle spaces differently. >>>>> >>>>>This really bothers me because I detest Wordpad and don't want to have to relie >>>>>one it for something else, #@~%*! >>>>> >>>>>I still don't understand what this is trying to tell me: >>>>> >>>>>makefile:33: *** missing separator. Stop. >>>>> >>>>>Separator? What's that, a space? doesn't seem to be a - or a : >>>>> >>>>>Pete >>>> >>>>It's looking for a tab character. Some editors pretend they're sticking in a >>>>tab when they're really adding spaces. >>>> >>>>Dave >>> >>>Thanks Dave, I've had that problem with makefiles before and that's always >>>baffled me. That should be a big help in the future. >>> >>>It wrecked the whole last part of my day trying to fix that problem, I couldn't >>>understand how something I absolutely couldn't see could mess things up so bad. >>> >>>I'm quite sure that whoever invented makefiles had little horns growing out of >>>his head. >>> >>>Pete >> >>That problems with hidden character occur often. Normaly, I use a hexedit >>program to detect them :) >> > >Thanks, I should maybe big around at Simtel.net and see about finding a hex >editor, that's something I've never used. It sounds like I could have used one >yesterday though. > >>Another nice thing. >>I loaded down the code for Nalimov tablebases from Bob`s site. Tried to open it >>with my loved QC Editor (Microsft Quick C from 1988!!), and it said, "Cannot >>open binary file". When I open with Dosedit and save, it also works in my QC. >>Strange things happen in the MS-World! >> >>Werner > >That's odd, the tablebase somehow changes by being saved? This has to be as a >result of how the tablebase was created in the first place. I wonder if it's >intended funtion as a tablebase changes at all when you do that. Quick C must be >seeing some sort of file attribution that stops it from opening the TB but it >dissapears when saved with the Dos editor. > >Pete Oh, I did not download the tablebases, but the C++ Code for generating them. Never try to opne a tablebase in an Editor!, it is really a binary file... But C++ Code files only normal text files, so the behaviour is odd. Werner
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