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- Chuck Bell wrote:
-
- > I begin work on Monday with an organization that has only Macintosh
- > computers. If I type a plain ASCII file in DOS, can I easily open it
- > on a Macintosh, or do I need some sort of emulator program to save it
- > in a format particular to Mac? I'll be doing all of my writing on my
- > IBM Thinkpad, and want to be prepared.
- >
- > Thanks in advance for any help.
- >
- > Chuck
-
- It looks like you'll be running into the classic problem
- where IBMs save their text files with CR/LF pair when you
- hit enter, and with a Macintosh, it's one of the two (can't
- remember).. When you open the file on a Mac, you'll see a
- box at the beginning of each line, because it doesn't
- understand the extra character.. DOS Edit will open a Mac
- text file no problem because it is aware of the missing
- character and will convert it on the fly.
-
- Executor should definitely fit the bill for what you're
- looking for... You can use it to write all your files and
- you will be virtually without a problem.
-
- Another option you might think about doing is to write
- the text files in DOS, load them up in Tex-Edit, and then
- you can remove the extra character with one of those
- CR-LF -> LF (or something like that) commands.. Then
- resave and you'll be ready to go!
-
- Email me if you need more help,
-
- Jon Abbott
- Registered E/D User
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