There will be others with more complete and correct answers to this, but I do hit
this problem from time to time when loading text files created on unix systems -
each text editor I have handles things differently! Basically, the expected
end-of-line code (on disk) is two hex values, <0D><0A>, but some files have an
extra <0D> before these, which may get displayed as some arbitrary non-ASCII
symbol. It causes Csound on the PC to report endless syntax errors. In itself, it
would be relatively easy to fix, but I don't know what other weird codes are out
there, that also need to be checked for.

Richard Dobson

Josep M Comajuncosas wrote:

> I had the same problem under Windows. I use to open the HTML file in word and
> re-save it as and msDOS file. It works ok.
>
> > > 5) [MACINTOSH only] If you copy an example from the manual (using Explorer
> > > or Navigator) and you paste it in SimpleText or BBEdit, the Csound never
> > > likes it. It reports various errors. Any hint?
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > > Javier Ruiz
> >
> > --
> > Carlton Joseph Wilkinson
> > http://excaliber.net/alex/wilkwrks.htm