Re: Text IO for files not using the standard line termination for the OS

[jdgressett@hotmail.com]

On Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 3:26:31 AM UTC-6, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
> On 11/18/18 4:44 AM, Shark8 wrote:
> > 
> > I think you have to do it character-by-character in this case.
> > There's a library called PragmaARC (IIRC) that has Text_IO packages for non-native text, you might want to take a look there.
> 
> These are the PragmAda Reusable Components. Package PragmARC.Text_IO handles 
> files with 3 kinds of line terminators:
> 
>     type EOL_ID is (DOS_Windows_EOL, Mac_EOL, Unix_EOL);
>     -- Used to specify what line terminator to use on output
>     -- DOS_Windows_EOL = CR-LF
>     -- Mac_EOL         = CR
>     -- Unix_EOL        = LF
> 
> For reading, it automatically handles EOLs of all 3 kinds, which may be mixed in 
> the same file (though I've never encountered this). For output, when the files 
> is created/opened, the desired EOL kind is specified.
> 
> The PragmARCs are at
> 
> https://github.com/jrcarter/PragmARC
> 
> HTH
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Carter
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That is what I need - thanks.