[Xerte] Escape sequences

[Fred Riley]

Ah, right, I thought they'd be the standard escape sequences I know and
love from PHP and elsewhere, but I'd not come across /r before. Thanks.

Fred Riley
Learning Technologist
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham
Vcard: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/about/fr_uon.vcf  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of 
> Marc Torruella Altadill
> Sent: 25 June 2009 15:33
> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Escape sequences
> 
> Hi Fred,
> What i use to use is \r\n, dunno why, just done it all my 
> programming life :-).
> If you wanna know the difference between \r and \n check what I found:
> 
> Source: http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/help/ptopic1794.html
> 
> \n is a new line and \r is a carriage return
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline
> 
> http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=newline
> http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=carriage%20return
> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] En nombre de 
> Fred Riley Enviado el: jueves, 25 de junio de 2009 16:23
> Para: Xerte discussion list
> Asunto: [Xerte] Escape sequences
> 
> Just a couple of very minor queries, not problems, honest:
> 
> 1. In the app I'm working on, put together by someone else 
> (see prior email), there's the following code:
> 
>   summary += texts[i] + '\r\r';
> 
> I take it that \r is an escape sequence, but what for? The 
> two \r seem to generate a new line, but I'd have expected \n 
> for that. Is there a help topic on the escapes available in Xerte?
> 
> 2. In a text icon the text simply reads:
> 
> {summary}
> 
> which displays a text variable built up in a previous script 
> icon. If I add anything else to the text then the var ceases 
> to display and I just see the string "{summary}". What are 
> the rules for using this construct?
> 
> Just minor curiousities, no big, feel free to ignore :)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Fred Riley
> Learning Technologist
> School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, University of 
> Nottingham
> Vcard: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/about/fr_uon.vcf
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