Dear Sirs ,
When a "project1.lpi" file is edited by a text editor and the text editor inserts an "End of File" character ( Char ( 26 ) ) at the end of the *.XML file ,
the Lazarus is giving an error message :
Unable the read the project info file
"C:\...\project1.lpi"
When this character is removed , and
the "Unit1.pas" is edited with the same text editor and the "End of File" character is appended at
the end of the file ,
the Lazarus is giving the following message :
File "C:\...\Unit1.pas" does not look like a text file Open it anyway ?
Buttons : Ok
Abort
Ignore
When "Ok" is clicked , the Lazarus is loading
the "Unit1.pas" with the "End of File" character
correctly .
The Delphi compiler is loading all of the files
without any warning .
HTML browsers ( such as Firefox , Opera , and ... ) are loading XML and HTML files with the "End of File" character correctly and without any warning .
It is my opinion that error message for the *.LPI file , and warning message about other source files are unnecessary .
The "End of File" character may be ignored by adding a case selection part for Char ( 26 ) into file reading procedures to simply ignore this character .
Some text editors were appending many "End of File" characters to fill the last written record up to 128 characters . Therefore it is not necessary to count or check
multiplicity of that character .
Or , at least , error message about *.LPI file ( or *.XML files ) may be made like the message about source files .
Thank you very much ,
Mehmet Erol Sanliturk