Quick Question: The use of ' in text files.

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historyis
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Quick Question: The use of ' in text files.

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I am working on a Systems mod and I know that at the beginning of most of the editable text files there are instructional lines being commented out with apostrophes, and I am just wondering if it was safe to use commented out lines elsewhere in document or if you must keep them at the top.

The reason I am asking this is because I've noticed that on the original systems list, there are items which have apostrophes in them and I am guessing the fact that there is no space around them tells the game that those instances are not commments.
dostillevi
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RE: Quick Question: The use of ' in text files.

Post by dostillevi »

I have apostrophes in two race names (Kha'ak and Zha'til), and I haven't noticed any problems. Yes, my universe is a little dangerous :)
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RE: Quick Question: The use of ' in text files.

Post by Fenrisfil »

I use them all over the place and they haven't caused me a problem yet.
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