Re: refdbc -C addref & stdin

Michael Smith writes:
 > I've been able to reproduce this error just by selecting/marking a
 > reference but not the blank line/newline that precedes it.
 > 
 > I saw a note in the docs that says all RIS files must begin with a
 > newline; seems like that's also true of any RIS data sent to refdbc.
 > 
 > Markus, would it be possible to make refdbc liberal in this regard -- to
 > process data for stdin even if it doesn't begin with a newline?
 > 
 > Perhaps it could just quietly and automatically add a newline to the
 > beginning of any data it receives. I know that would mean that if the
 > user had actually sent data that began with a newline, there'd be an
 > extra one. Would that break anything? If so, maybe refdbc could check to
 > see if there was a newline, and only add one if there isn't one already.
 > 

This indeed explains the behaviour. There is no problem with adding
newlines to the beginning of a file/buffer. Any excess newlines will
simply be skipped. I'll figure out a patch.

regards,
Markus

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