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4everJang
4everJang
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Jun 11, 2020 10:03 AM UTC
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ExtendScript: adding a newline to console messages

Hello fellow scripters,

I have been using Err( 'some text' ) to push messages into the console, but I have failed to find the way to add newlines to those messages. If anyone has done that, please enlighten me on this detail.

Thanks

4everJang

Ian Proudfoot
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Jun 11, 2020 10:58 AM UTC

I normally add  '\r' at the start of a new Console() message. If you don't do that your message my get added to the end of anything that's already there. 

 

Ian

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4everJang
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Jun 11, 2020 2:42 PM UTC

Klaus and Ian,

Thanks for the info. Strange - the whole world is using \n but Frame decided to go with \r - a blast from the distant past, when the mechanical typewriter did not insert a newline but alo needed a carriage return. I bet most youngsters do not even know what a carriage return means - taking the rental car back to the airport, perhaps? 🙂

Ciao

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    Klaus Göbel
    Klaus Göbel
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    Jun 11, 2020 10:16 AM UTC

    Hello Jang,

    it's a funny thing:

    You could use:

    Err( 'some text\n' )

    or

    Err( 'some text\n' )

    In both cases a new line is insertet in consfile.txt, but is NOT shownin the FrameMaker console

    If you use

    Console("some text\r")

    or

    Console("some text\n")

    it works in both, consfile and console

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    Ian Proudfoot
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    Jun 11, 2020 10:58 AM UTC

    I normally add  '\r' at the start of a new Console() message. If you don't do that your message my get added to the end of anything that's already there. 

     

    Ian

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