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Code Is Getting Separated Randomly (7 posts)
- Started 1 year ago by Stef
- Latest reply 1 year ago from Stef
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Stef Member
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Jim Matthews Administrator
Hi,
Thanks for the Loom, that's very helpful. Could you check the setting of the "Editing text files: Use text mode transfers" checkbox in the Obscure section of Preferences? Does switching that setting make a difference?
Thanks,
Jim Matthews
Fetch Softworks -
Stef Member
Hi Jim,
Thanks. That box has been checked for like 14 years or so. Should I uncheck it?
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Jim Matthews Administrator
I'd give it a try, and see if it helps.
Thanks,
Jim Matthews
Fetch Softworks -
Stef Member
So far so good. So if unchecking this did the trick is there a bug in Fetch or a something else?
Thanks for the quick assist Jim
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Jim Matthews Administrator
When the box is checked, Fetch converts line endings to the Mac standard (a single linefeed). Depending on the editors being used to edit a file, it sometimes works better to use binary mode transfers, which leave the line endings alone.
Thanks,
Jim Matthews
Fetch Softworks -
Stef Member
When this first happened eons ago. Maybe 15 years ago, you advised to have it checked and then somewhere in between I saw mode switch from Binary to Automatic and it's been that way ever since. However, I'm also on 2 different machines now. So I'm not sure my settings from my original Mac followed me over.
I use Sublime mostly. Sometimes VSC, but not as often.
I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks.
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Hey Jim,
I get this every once and awhile where I code a page perfectly and then a colleague who's not Mac based and is Windows based will edit that file the next day and then I log back in to check his work and the file is like as tall as the Empire State building.
Any thoughts as to what can be going on here? I created a loom for you since there's no image upload.
https://www.loom.com/share/a741d7f7791b430db391030bfd502f2f
Thanks
Stef
Posted 1 year ago #