I tried it, the file reading and writing works fine here (trunk
image). When the execution hits your #halt, the FileStream buffers are
not yet filled with any data. That is why you see only placeholder box
characters at this stage. During the first #nextLine, the buffers are
filled, so after that you should be able to see your data in the
stream variables.

2017-07-23 0:06 GMT+02:00 ReliableRobots.com <reliablerobots at gmail.com>:
> If this code is used by thousands of people, it also fails for thousands of
> people.  I have had two Smalltalk jobs plus ran a Smalltalk SIG so I'm not
> in need of humility on Smalltalk unless and until you can show me my
> mistake.  I even tried copying the file access code used by the file list
> tool and that did not work either.  So I suspect it is a bad version of the
> VM.
>
> I will try to locate an older version to confirm.  It is amazing how many
> commentators fail to even try out the code to confirm or refute my discovery
> BEFORE providing commentary.  Is that true humility?
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Jul 20, 2017 21:14, "ReliableRobots.com" <reliablerobots at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I ran this program and nothing happened so I added self halts and learned
>> it can't even read the input file!  Yet the File List tool reads it.  Such
>> dichotomy in behavior might be covered by a preference?  I know MS Notepad,
>> the simplest editor now allows one to store a file in ones's choice of
>> formats.  Does Squeak have a simple choice for input treatments that works
>> in Win10?
>>
>> do
>> "Read a Bible file, reformat for beter readability and html standards."
>> | inPath ootPath inFIle outFile line words |
>> inPath := 'C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\Website\Jesus Words\Matthew.html'.
>> ootPath := 'C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\Website\Jesus Words\Matthew2.html'.
>> inFIle := FileStream oldFileNamed: inPath.
>> outFile := FileStream newFileNamed: ootPath.
>> self halt.
>> [(line := inFIle nextLine) notNil
>> whileTrue:[
>> words := line substrings.
>> self halt.
>> words size >0 ifTrue:[
>> outFile nextPutAll: line, '<br>'; cr; lf].
>> ]].
>> inFIle close.
>> outFile close.
>>
>>
>> It is my observation that Squeak is the last gasp uttered by a mouse when
>> it fears death.  It is not a normal sound they make unless they are being
>> eaten by a Python!   I hope the Python people don't release code that simply
>> doesn't work.
>>
>>
>> I too am often frustrated by code that will just not work. When I wish to
>> blame the libraries I use, I end up asking myself "how likely is it that the
>> bug is in my code, written by a single frail, weak human, versus a big in
>> code used every day, in anger, by thousands of people?" I am hardly humble,
>> but this thought does help me at least try to practice humility. It is
>> almost always the case that the error end up being mine.
>>
>> frank
>>
>>
>>
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