Re: [ARSCLIST] List servers. Listservers for attachments.

[Don Cox <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/07/04, Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Richter" <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
>> NotePad is still around and still fine for TXT files - but they lose
>> all formatting and some is useful at times. So if one wants italics
>> or bolding or other elementary capability, basic RTF is a good
>> choice. Otherwise, TXT is fine.
> The problem with Notepad is that it has a nasty tendency to replace
> soft CR's
> with h0D h0A pairs...which plays hob with, among other things, C8T
> files (random access data files don't like extra bytes!)...
>
> Write lets me view C8T files...search them...and even edit them, as
> long as I remember to delete as many blanks as I added characters.
>
> Of course, it never occurs to programmers that anyone/thing will
> notice if you add hard CR's...

You might try "PFE" (Programmers File Editor), which is a free text
editor and is much better than Notepad.

Regards
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Don Cox
doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx