Re: Pageless Text_IO

["DuckE" <nospam_steved@pacifier.com>]

Why not use Set_Page_Length to set the length of a page sufficently long
that you will never run into the length?  All text will appear on page 1.

Esthletically correct? No.  But it should work.

SteveD


David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.> wrote in message
news:80qarp$9qe1@news.cis.okstate.edu...
> I'm having some problems with Text_IO, and Barnes' book doesn't
> cover it well.
>
> I'm writing a compiler. Programmers tend to embed form feeds in
> the text, without expecting the compiler to worry about them.
> In particular, "Page 7: Line 1: Invalid character" wouldn't
> amuse most programmers. Is there any way to tell the compiler
> to ignore page breaks?
>
> --
> David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org
> I see no trend at all, except toward women playing mean and ugly
> sociopaths who are good at killing and who enjoy dark powers. Maybe
> it's just my friends?
> -- Dr. Kromm, on who plays what type of character in RPGs