Source Code Problem

Joshua Gargus gargus at ugrad.cs.ualberta.ca
Tue Jun 8 06:45:14 UTC 1999


Oh No!  The FAQ strikes again!  :-)

Try downloading the Sources file a third time, this time
making sure you download it in 'binary' (not 'text') mode.

The problem is that the line feed / carriage return combo
used by Squeak differs from what is natively used on your
system.  Thus, when you download as text, your browser/ftp 
client/whatever tries to be smart and substitutes the ascii
character(s) appropriate to your platform.  Squeak doesn't
expect this (the image and sources files are platform independent), 
and displays the garbage that you see before you.

Josh

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Neal Nelson wrote:

> I'm new to Squeak, although I have been using SmallTalkMT for the last 
> six months. I have downloaded V2.4c and I for about half of the methods I 
> get no source code. Instead I get either garbage or in some cases parts 
> of code variously in what looks like C and Pascal or Modula. Some cases 
> cause an error when I select the method in a browser.
> 
> I downloaded the SourcesV2 file twice so I believe I have the necessary 
> configuration.
> 
> Does anyone have a suggestion as to what is wrong?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 





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