Text files
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A text file, basically, is a file with text, but with no formatting (fonts, line justifications, etc) or graphics or other fancy stuff in them.  It can contain 8 bit characters.

Macintosh text files differ from NeXT ones in two ways.  The first is that the lines end with a Carriage Return character, which must be converted to a Line Feed character to be used on a NeXT.  These files may also have various `special' characters (e.g. bullets) that need to be converted to the NeXTSTEP character encoding.

CRLF;¬The name `CRLF' refers to the Carriage Return and Line Feed characters that end the lines of DOS (and VMS?) text files.  Removing the CR character makes them easier to use on the NeXT.  The only thing this application knows about them is the line endings, and not any `special' character conversions.

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;Techie stuff.rtfd;;¬	Just what does this convert?