[vlc] Re: More about VLM

[Benjamin Pracht]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2005, jonas Larsen wrote :
> I also have a desire to manualy edit the VLM data file (the file u can load
> and save that holds ur entries) in notepad it dont work cuz it seems to use
> unix newline chars. If I open it up in wordpad it looks fine and I can save
> it, but after saving vlc refuses to load the file. When working with
> file.diz files (from bulletin boards and ftp's) u often have the same issue
> with windows not beig able to display it properly, but if u convert it to
> windows format with word or wordpad it still looks fine on unix. But vlc
> seems to be more picky, it rfuses to laod the file after it have bene
> edited.
> 
> So my question is: Is there a utility for windows that will let me edit the
> txt file and still being able to load it in vlc?
> 
> If not I think the vlm implementation should be fixed to not be so strict
> regarding the data file.
> 

Well, almost every text editor provides the option to save a file in
unix format. You can try gvim for instance, ultraedit, etc...

However, this should be fixed in VLM too IMHO (support of dos type text
files...)

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BigBen

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