Newlines problem

lch · #1 June 30th, 2007, 03:05 PM

Have you tried four newlines?

If you're looking for a good text editor under Windows, I can recommend Textpad. If you are looking for something free, I think Notepad++ is. Both should be able to load and save text in *nix format.

Endoperez · #2 June 30th, 2007, 04:01 PM

Four newlines on Vim didn't work. I'll try Notepad++.

Endoperez · #3 June 30th, 2007, 04:30 PM

A-ha! I had to create a new file, not edit an existing one, but Notepad++ works now! Thanks!

There are some problems with my format of choice. The biggest being that there's lots of scrolling down to see a unit's weapons and equipment. Hopefully most units will have much shorter descriptions.

paradoxharbinger · #4 June 30th, 2007, 05:16 PM

windows uses 2 different characters to represent new lines, a carriage return and a line feed, which are ASCII 10 and 13 i believe. not sure about the order off the top of my head.

Fate · #5 June 30th, 2007, 05:52 PM

Another program I like (because it has variable syntax highlighting) is Crimson Editor. I haven't tested it with dominions yet, but it seems more unix-based (at least it doesn't auto-add .txt).

Edi · #6 July 1st, 2007, 01:37 AM

Crimson Editor works really well for all Dominions related stuff. All of the old Faerun map files were done with that and it reads it no problem.

As far as plain text editors go, in my opinion Notepad is the source of all evil. I'll use it if I have to, but only if I have to.