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From: Tim Hesketh <timh>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: make-problem
Date: 9 Nov 1995 21:17:55 GMT
Organization: School of EE, The University of NSW, Sydney 2502, Australia
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bernd <bernd AT snoopy DOT m DOT isar DOT de> wrote:
>I Have the following question!
>I am using "make" to compile and link my program consisting out of 3 files.
>If I use an unix-editor the make works fine. But if I use a DOS-Editor 
>(Q-Edit) there is a Problem.
>Error-message: missing separator
>I use the TAB before the commands but I think something with the TAB 
>goes wrong. Can someone give help?
> 
It may be that your editor is converting tabs to spaces. Sometimes
you can tell if this is the case by backspacing - does it back up
a tab-at-a-time or a space-at-a-time?
Tim Hesketh (t DOT hesketh AT unsw DOT edu DOT au)