RE: Syntax error in notebook saved as package
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg16102] RE: [mg16068] Syntax error in notebook saved as package
- From: "Jean-Marie THOMAS" <jmthomas at agat.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 08:24:59 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Writing a package with version 3.0 is much more easy using 1- initialization cells 2- the option inspector to set the notebook to make a autogenerated package. The 3.0 distribution comes with a template package (by Roman Maeder). It should be considered as a good basis for package writing, since code is documented in a notebook interface, and not just a text file. Hope this helps, **************************************** Jean-Marie THOMAS mailto:jmthomas at agat.net Conseil et Audit en Ingenierie de Calcul Strasbourg, France http://www.agat.net **************************************** -----Original Message----- From: David Keith [mailto:dkeith at sarif.com] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg16102] [mg16068] Syntax error in notebook saved as package I have a notebook I wish to save in package format. After using the "save as special - package" method I do indeed get a text file with all but appropriate initialization cells commented out. But --- although the notebook works fine, when loading the package I get a syntax error. Viewing the text shows it to be a single cell with all of the command lines. Using "corrupt.m" to read the file also identifies the syntax error and assigns it to a large function definition module, which is too large to easily find the problem. Since some of the lines are long they have been wrapped, and I can't tell if appropriate line continuation characters exist or are used. Can anyone offer advice on this? Thanks.