-Caveat Lector-
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 23:17:16 -0500, you, "J. Hoffa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
>>The .txt extension is just a convention for straight ASCII files, so we're
>>talking about the same thing. You can conceivably give a .txt extension to any
>>file --
>
>>there's nothing special about the extension that changes the kind of
>>file it is --
>
>>but what I'm talking about is "save as ASCII without formatting"
>>or whatever the word processor wants to call it.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>Such as .doc for WordPad files, .wpd for Word Perfect files,
>etc.? Is that what you're referring to?
Yes, that's what I meant.
[snip explanation of file types in Win95/98/NT]
>So you see, when you said "a text file," I needed a little
>clarification, and I never assume that when someone is discussing computers
>that they actually know more than they reveal through what they initially say.
>I wanted to know what you meant by "plain text," and I thought that you might
>mean a file with a the .txt extension, not realizing what ASCII even was or even
>what a file extension deliniates, for that matter. If you had come back with,
>"What is ASCII?" or "Isn't .txt short for 'plain text?'" then I would know at what
>level to next approach your comment. Does that help you see why I said
>what I said and why I phrased it that way? I didn't really expect you to come
>back with what you said above. So, in one way, I guess I did make an
>assumption!
No problem.
>I do not mean to suggest that I thought you didn't know what you were talking
>about. It's just that I didn't want to make any hasty assumptions that you knew
>much more than you first said. Sometimes it's better to err on the side of
>caution and then take it from there. :-)
Again, no problem. Thanks for sending the clarification.
-JoAnne
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