[texhax] Carriage Return key
Reinhard Kotucha
reinhard.kotucha at web.de
Mon May 15 20:51:50 CEST 2006
>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Abbott <PeterAbbott.Eymore at btinternet.com> writes:
> My data files contain 'carriage return' and it is not possible to
> use an editor to remove them. Tex complains
> Text line contains an invalid character.
> ^^K
> How do I tell TeX to treat 'carriage return' as a space and what
> character code is 'carriage return' please.
TeX already treats 'carriage returns' as spaces unless it is broken.
Carriage return has character code 13(dec), or ^^M.
Line feed has character code 10(dec), or ^^J.
^^K has character code 11(dec) ('Vertical Tab').
Line breaks are ^^J under UNIX, ^^M under Apple, and ^^M^^J under
Windos.
UNIX TeX accepts files which had been written under Windows, hence it
treats both, ^^M and ^^J, as spaces.
It's best to check first where the ^^K comes from. What happens if
you type
tex story
?
If this works, then there is something wrong with your editor.
Regards,
Reinhard
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