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From: Doug Laidlaw on 29 Mar 2008 21:13
Peter D. wrote:

> Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>
>> The requirement for a newline keeps tripping me up, although
>> thankfully, error-checking has prevented any disasters.
>>
>> I tried (and still use) a text-mode calendaring app.
>
> Unusual, what is it called?
>
>> Entries
>> without a
>> newline didn't show up. /etc/fstab warns me of no newline.
>
> Are they related? The FileSystemTABle has nothing to do
> with calendars.
>
> Perhaps your problem is the editor that you are using.
> Different operating systems expect different things to
> signify the end of a line.
> <NL> *nix
> <CR> Mac
> <CR><NL> dos
> <NL><CR> can't remember :-(
>
> Trawl through the configuration options of your editor.
>
>> I have
>> just posted a few newsposts via Leafnode, and got the same warning
>> on one of them.
>>
>> I don't mind making it a habit to add a newline to everything I
>> type. Presumably the keyboard-and-monitor brigade will use GUI apps,
>> which will
>> take care of this. Are there any occasions when the newline is
>> forbidden?
>>
>> Doug.
>
The app is clcal, http://www.hyborian.demon.co.uk/clcal/

Doug.
From: Peter D. on 14 Apr 2008 02:12
on Sunday 30 March 2008 12:13
in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandrake
Doug Laidlaw wrote:

> Peter D. wrote:
>
>> Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>>
>>> The requirement for a newline keeps tripping me up, although
>>> thankfully, error-checking has prevented any disasters.
>>>
>>> I tried (and still use) a text-mode calendaring app.
>>
>> Unusual, what is it called?
[snip]

> The app is clcal, http://www.hyborian.demon.co.uk/clcal/
>
> Doug.

Sorry for the delay, real life intrudes.

I have no idea about clcal. Maybe the author will change it
if you ask nicely. It is GPL, so if you are determined you
can change it yourself.

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Peter D.
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