Re: Mail to text conversion help needed

[grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)]

In article <2mvm7r$lke@darkstar.ucsc.edu>,
Elwood B Bredell III <slyder@cats.ucsc.edu> wrote:
>
>downloaded to my apple IIgs.  The problem is that when I
>open the file with any of my word processor programs the
>returns seemed stripped and the formatting is messed up.  I


     You've simply run into one of the infamous cross-platform inconsistancies
in computers.   You seem to be getting mail from a Unix system, as indicated
by NN as your newsreader, and unix systems use LineFeed (LF) as the terminator
for each line.  The Apple II likes Carriage Return (CR) instead.
     You simply have to port the files through a converter to replace all LF
with CR.  There are several available on the IIgs (names, anyone?).


     To assist with other machines, here's a basic rundown of line terminators:

Machine               normal line termination
-------------         -----------------------
Apple II               CR
unix                   LF
MS-DOS (IBM)           CR+LF  (it wants both a CR and a LF)

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