Control Characters visible in code view

Not sure how I managed to turn on this "feature" but when I'm looking at any .cfc file in CFBuilder I see lightly grayed out controll characters (like \n for new line or >> for tab, or ..... for spaces). Not a really big deal, but damned annoying when you're staring at it for a while. Does anyone know how to turn this off?

I'll share that I point out that and many other little hidden gems in a talk of that name, available online:
http://carehart.org/presentations/#cfbgems
I realize you wouldn't have thought to look there for the answer, but I'm saying that if folks using CFB were to check it out, they may learn lots of other little surprises (solutions/features) like that. Hope it helps someone.
/charlie

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[SOLVED] Why are control characters visible in text files??

Hi,
If I direct the output of 'ls' to a file like:
ls > file.txt
and open the file in a editor such as vi, joe or mousepad, it looks like this:
[[01;34m22x22[[0m
[[01;34m24x24[[0m
[[01;34m32x32[[0m
[[0mindex.theme[[0m
[[01;34mscalable[[0m
[[m
I just did the same thing on an old slackware box and no control characters are visible. The same for a recent LFS build. I realize I could probably pipe through dos2unix, but it shouldn't be happening anyway. Any input is appreciated.
Thanks
-Frank
Last edited by fianella (2007-10-24 10:37:00)

at the DOS prompt (sorry, old habits die hard :-) ) type
alias ls
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Assuming you find an alias for ls that forces color output, you need to find where that is taking place... in your ~/.bashrc file? in /etc/profile.d? And change that to alias ls='ls --color=tty' or something sensible like that.

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I need to be able to hide worksets and roles depending upon the user that logs in. I have managed to control iviews and pages using the following code
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Hi Malita,
The approach you have followed is not scalable. you should use PCD filter.
Refer to
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/5021a57d-0601-0010-6097-ec94a09c626d?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true
Please note that you should use PCD filter only when there is no other option. Most of the times you can achieve the same result by tweaking your design.
Also refer to
Be Careful When Combining Navigation Cache, PCD Filter
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Let the community know your exact requirement and the community should be able to suggest the best approach.
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Not sure I understand the issue you're having.
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I think there is an error in "Variables and Call Stack" window if you want to look for your variables in ASCII format.
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

I'm not using CVI2013 yes so I cannot respond regarding this specific product, but the code you are showing are the octal equivalent of the decimal value you specified: it could be that control characters (or generally speacking non-printable ones) are replaced with their octal equivalent in string view.
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It's now 4 years since jsparacio posted this, and I just wanted to let everyone know that I had -- and am still having -- the exact same problem with Dreamweaver CS5 (running first under Windows XP, then Windows 7, and now again with Windows 8.1). So it's not just Macs that are affected.
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    4 - Text With Structure Plus Full Formatting
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Coded UI : Window '' is blocking the control 2015. Please move the window '' or make the control 2015 visible and retry the action. Additional Details:

Hi ,
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I recorded the events and when playback I get a error.
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>> Window '' is blocking the control 2015. Please move the window '' or make the control 2015 visible and retry the action.
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How do I stop Dreamweaver from replaceing " with È while in code view

Here is my problem (DWCS5 Version):
I open DreamWeaver and all is fine. I only use code view.
As I work I might open .cfm files, or even (it seems) open a browser - and when I return to writing my code, when I type " Dreamweaver types È
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I am able to successfully compile the file and the when I try to run the file I got the error as
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Exception in thread "main" java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Illegal repet
ition
{cntrl}
at java.util.regex.Pattern.error(Pattern.java:1472)
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Debi
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Hi,
I used the code below with the \p, but I didn't able to complie the file. It gave me an
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Control.java:24: illegal escape character
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("\p{cntrl}");
^
1 error
Please help me on this issue.
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Debi
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(saved from Excel) Why not save it as csv?
trivektor wrote:
With this approach, I'm stuck on getting the character code for Alt+Enter so if anyone could point out. That helps a great deal.
You can figure that out with a hex editor or just write a small app that prints int values for each byte, not character, and print the file.
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