druagord — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 01:01:26 +0000

could you post something(preferably the script) it would help us help you.

Ken Elliott — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:01:14 +0000

sorry..scratch that last post. I was messing with a working backup..doh'! Well I guess tonight I begin reinventing the wheel I just invented..heh.

Thanks for the help. Any additional suggestions definitely welcomed as I'll try anything. Surely I can find a live rooster for sacrifice.. if someone thinks it will help.

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druagord — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:29:25 +0000

that's in bbedit sincerely i don't know never used it maybe suzanne could help she is a mac user too

Ken Elliott — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:21:34 +0000

Druagord, you were almost right on target. I already checked the formatting and it was set to unix..always is. But right below that was a setting called MPW shell and that was selected. I switched it to none and it worked. Can anyone tell me what the MPW shell is for? Attached is a screenshot.

ShawnK — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 18:18:42 +0000

You should get PHPEdit from svoi.net its a text editor especially made for scripting/programming it supports 40 someodd languages and has colored syntax as well.

druagord — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:55:41 +0000

check the end of lines character maybe there still in mac format or windows set them to unix and it will work anywhere. vim that can be found at vim.org works on mac and pc and it will help.

andy206uk — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:26:39 +0000

God knows... do your host have a backup of the script they could restore or have you only been working locally?

Ken Elliott — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:21:17 +0000

The zap gremlins did not work. This sucks...heh. My own fault of course, but I can swear I remember editing perl scripts back in the day with HomeSite. Any other ideas before I have to go through and redo my backup from like 2 weeks ago?

Thanks for the help.
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Ken Elliott — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:16:39 +0000

yeah, I use enginsite for my perl editing. But it's search and replace is more limited than homesite. (Except for the regex search) but I suck at regex. Yeah I also use bbedit here on my mac os x machine. But at home, I am poor and must use a cheaply made windows machine...including all the faulty software found therein. I'm going to try the bbedit thing. Thanks andy.

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Hey, I just noticed that I have been a member for over 5 years now..wow.

andy206uk — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:31:21 +0000

I don't know if it will help but in bbedit for the mac there is a "zap gremlins" option that removes all strange characters from a text file...

BTW... i don't reccomend using homesite it's a html editor. get textpad (textpad.com) it's great! (and free for personal use!).