Re: Having trouble downloading ShrinkIt archives

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Jon Bettencourt writes ...
> 
> In article <B63B42D3.DEFD%sheppy@sheppyware.net>, Eric Shepherd
> <sheppy@sheppyware.net> wrote:
 ....
> >
> > In Netscape, you can force it to save the file as binary (on the Mac anyway)
> > by clicking the Save as Source option in the save file dialog box.  I don't
> > know how the interface for this is done on other systems.
> 
> I was told to select Save As Text on a Mac (even though it's not a text
> file). This is the way I've been doing it and it has worked every time.
> 
 ....

     The source of problems for PC appears to be, in part, the definition of a Text
line ender-- i.e. you have two characters: $0D $0A. When a (supposedly) Text file is
created, there is an attempt to make sure that known line enders for other systems
(e.g. just an $0D or an $0A) are valid for PC. So an $0D without an $0A or an $0A
without an $0D is 'repaired' and becomes $0D $0A.

     If the Mac (running under whatever system) does not try to fix line enders,
then it would not much matter whether it is creating a Text file or a binary file.



Rubywand