Re: Upload to Ground

[Jeff Lodoen <jmlodoen@thegrid.net>]

salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter) wrote in
news:jirOd.5700$ds.2533@okepread07: 

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> In article <cuap72$sh4$1@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>,
> ground.ecn AppleII Librarian <apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu> wrote:
>>Thanks, Bill.  I replaced the ones on ground with your uploads.
>>I haven't tested the new ones (or the old ones).  I do see that the
>>end-of-line chars are different in the two sets (<CR> only in the old
>>ones, <CR><LF> in your new ones).  Since PDFs should be text files,
>>I'll bet I have to translate the <CR> <CR><LF> to unix <LF> only to
>>make either set work correctly.
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> Um...if I'm not mistaken, PDFs contain binary data (graphics, fonts,
> etc.) and should always be sent/received as-is.  Trying to do an EOL
> translation on one is a surefire way to screw it up.

I wonder if he's thinking PDF files are like PostScript
files. I believe PDF is a descendant of PostScript but
I doubt it's still 7-bit text.