Hi
Actually, OS X uses the LF as its end of line, like all other UNIX-
related systems. It can, however, easily open, edit, and save the old-
style OS 9 text files which use CR, and these will retain their
original formats when saved. Some text editors will let you set this
at save time. Also, it is worth noting that OS X uses a different
character encoding than windows, so watch out for that when you have
accented letters or other alphabets other than the standard Latin.
This can be set at save time as well with most editors and
wordprocessors.
hth
On Jan 4, 2008, at 12:00 PM, Rich Caloggero wrote:
Yep, Apple, WIndows, and Linux all use a different convention for
terminating lines of text:
Windows uses crlf (ascii-13 followed by ascii-10);
Linux uses just lf;
Apple uses just cr.
Smart editors will figure it out and convert on open (textpad for
windows
does this, and it is a pretty accessible editor). There is also
something
called edSharp for windows that'll do it, and probably others. I
wonder if
textEdit will convert windows and linux text files when opened;
probably
will.
-- Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 2:39 PM
Subject: text edit and windows note pad:
Hi all,
When I wrote a document in text edit and save it as text, if I bring
it up
in notepad under windows, the lines are all messed up. any way to
avoide
this, it happens in word with rtfs too.
