[Fwd: [rt.cosylab.com #5031] AutoReply: VDCT strips \ character from field definitions]

[John Maclean <jfm@aps.anl.gov>]

Hi Rod,

I reported the bug using the address from the EPICS VDCT page. You have
to replace the "_at_" in the address with "@".

Sorry, but I don't know of a solution.

John.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [rt.cosylab.com #5031] AutoReply: VDCT strips \ character from
field definitions
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 23:30:54 +0100 (CET)
From: Bug <rt-bug@cosylab.com>
Reply-To: rt-bug@cosylab.com
To: jfm@aps.anl.gov


Greetings,
This message has been automatically generated in response to the
creation of a trouble ticket regarding:
	"VDCT strips \ character from field definitions",
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There is no need to reply to this message right now.  Your ticket has been
assigned an ID of [rt.cosylab.com #5031].

Please include the string:

         [rt.cosylab.com #5031]

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                        Thank you,
                        rt-bug@cosylab.com

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In VDCT the ‘\’ character, used to signal special, nonprintable,
characters is stripped from all field definitions when a file is read in
and are then permanently lost when saved.  i.e.



     field(OUT,"@$(PORT) {\x040011\x022WL>%s}{\x06}")



becomes



     field(OUT,"@$(PORT) {x040011x022WL>%s}{x06}")



This is a common usage for drvAscii serial communication.