Re: Extra Characters when saving .m files

Andreas Weber <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.octave.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Sarah,

Am 20.09.20 um 23:04 schrieb Sarah Carnochan Naqvi:
> When I edit a .m file in the editor and save the file. It is adding
> hidden characters to the file in the first line.  I can see them in
> Notepad++, but not in the OCTAVE Editor.
> 
> ... 
> The first line of the file from Notepad ++ is:
> ~}#=========================================================================
> 
> The line same line in the Octave editor is:
> #=========================================================================

Can you please upload a minimal example (or the original) and provide a
link?

I can just guess it has some special encoding or a perhaps a BOM
(https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_Order_Mark)?

Have you created the file from within GNU Octave or in another editor
and then edited in GNU Octave?

-- Andy
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