Troubleshoot CLAN crushing files

Tue May 12 04:37:27 UTC 2020

Hi leonid,

Here's one file with the apostrophe problem. Thank you so much!

Molly

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 9:02 PM Leonid Spektor <spektor at andrew.cmu.edu>
wrote:

> Molly,
>
> The CHSTRING requires the +s or +c option to specify what you want to
> replace and with what. Please email your data file in question to me
> directly and I will give you the exact CHSTRING command that will replace
> all fancy quotes in your data files.
>
>
> Leonid.
>
> On May 11, 2020, at 18:18, Molly Ye <mollyye1994 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Leonid,
>
> I tried the CHSTRING -w option, but the output said "can't open either one
> of the changes files" (please see attached image bellow). I could replace
> each fancy apostrophe with the correct one in CLAN, but it was too much
> work to correct one at a time. I couldn't use the "replace all" option in
> word since it seemed that word could only process the fancy apostrophes. I
> found the "file" tab in Microsoft word and it was located next to the apple
> icon on my screen, not in the word document window. I'm not familiar with
> the mac system, sorry about the confusion!
>
> [image: image.png]
> Thanks!
> Molly
>
> On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 6:17 PM Leonid Spektor <spektor at andrew.cmu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Molly,
>>
>> Those quotes are inserted by MS-Word. For some reason MS-Word replaces
>> regular single and double quotes that you type on your keyboard with what
>> they call fancy quotes by default. You can find one of those quotes in your
>> file in CLAN and replace it with regular single quote like this one '.
>> Or you can use CHSTRING to do the same on all files. Just make sure to use
>> -w option with CHSTRING when doing it. I don't know which exactly fancy
>> single quote you have in your file, because there are several of them, so I
>> can't give an exact example.
>>
>> I am curious about your Word not having a "File" menu. I have never heard
>> that before. What kind of version of Word do you have?
>>
>>
>> Leonid.
>>
>> On May 10, 2020, at 17:38, Molly Ye <mollyye1994 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Leonid,
>>
>> Thank you for your detailed step by step instructions. But weirdly, I
>> don't have the file tab in my Word toolbar. One of my colleagues suggested
>> copying the word file into CLAN and saving it as a CLAN file. Then use
>> CHSTRING + q command to delete extra spaces between lines in the file and
>> it worked!!! However, when I run check command on my files, it always tells
>> me there's a problem with the apostrophes in each line. I have attached a
>> screenshot of the output. Can you please tell me how to fix this? Does it
>> have anything to do with the keyboard input I use? I use the default input
>> on my laptop.
>>
>> Thank you so much for your help!
>> Molly
>>
>> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 11:18 PM Leonid Spektor <spektor at andrew.cmu.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Molly,
>>>
>>> The file you attached is a MSWord file. You need to change its extension
>>> from .cha to .doc and open it with Microsoft Word. After that you need to
>>> select menu "File->Save As...". After that select File Format "Plain Text
>>> (.txt) - look at picture below:
>>>
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>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>> Now click on "Save" button and you should see the next window where you
>>> should select Other encoding: "Unicode (UTF-8)" like in the next picture:
>>>
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>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>> After clicking on "OK" button you will have file .txt saved. Rename that
>>> extension to .cha and now CLAN will be able to open that .cha file. It
>>> should look like in the picture below:
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Leonid.
>>>
>>> On May 9, 2020, at 20:48, Molly Ye <mollyye1994 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Leonid,
>>>
>>> I was running CHECK command from Commands window. I believe it might be
>>> the way I concert word file to cha. created the problems. I have no problem
>>> opening a cha file that already was checked without errors. However, when I
>>> run CHECK commands from Commands window, and it tells me the file has some
>>> errors, then I try to open the file by double clicking it, a window pops up
>>> saying my file may be corrupted. I have attached to this email the
>>> problematic data file and a screenshot of pop-up window which states the
>>> file may be corrupted.
>>>
>>> Thank you so much for your assistance!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Molly
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 3:48 PM Leonid Spektor <spektor at andrew.cmu.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Molly,
>>>>
>>>> If CLAN opens at all on your Mac, then the problem you are describing
>>>> doesn't have anything to do with Mac. I would suggest that you quit CLAN
>>>> completely and restart it and see if the problem persists. If it does, then
>>>> reboot your Mac and try again. After that you can try installing the latest
>>>> version of CLAN on your Mac or sent to me directly the data file that
>>>> crushes CLAN when you run CHECK and I will try to diagnose the problem.
>>>> Also, tell me if you are running CHECK command from Commands window or you
>>>> are using ESC-L or "Mode->Check opened file" menu.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Leonid.
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 30, 2020, at 14:43, Molly Ye <mollyye1994 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> I ran into a problem with CLAN where it always crushes my files every
>>>> time I run a check commend. Does it have anything to do with the fact that
>>>> I'm using a MAC?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>> Molly
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