Troubleshoot CLAN crushing files

Wed May 13 01:59:23 UTC 2020

Leonid,

It worked! Thank you so so much !!!

Molly

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 12:49 AM Leonid Spektor <spektor at andrew.cmu.edu>
wrote:

> Molly,
>
> Attached is a CHSTRING's script file "change.cut". Put it in the same
> directory where your data file is and then run command:
>
> chstring +1 -w -cchange.cut Fall_T3_C5_C06_Circle.cha
>
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> On May 12, 2020, at 00:37, Molly Ye <mollyye1994 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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:
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>> 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!
>>
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>> 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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