On Aug 17, 2012, at 1:39 PM, David Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Aug 17, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Jim Sheffer wrote: > >> I took some advice and downloaded "Synalyze" to check the file in Hex >> format. Having been over ten years since opening a file in Hex mode (and >> even then not knowing what I was doing!) I was pleasantly surprised at how >> quickly I was able to figure out how to do a search and understand the >> results (Thanks to Patrick for the in-depth "mini-tutorial" on what to look >> for!). > > I suspect Patrick's mini-tutorial was created using the Hex Dump utility > within BBedit. Synalyze is nice but not necessary. I'm sure you were correct but it was quicker for me to learn for searching for what I needed :-) > >> As strange as it sounds (and I don't have a clue yet as to how), the file >> was getting "changed" when either sent via email or opened on their end. >> They were indeed seeing duplicate carriage returns on their end (Even in a >> Hex editor) where on my end they were not there! Go figure! > > How are you sending the file from here to there? Email attachment? Zipped > email attachment? Simple attachments. > > Most zip utilities provide means for munging line endings. If for some reason > one was used which automatically did what it thought was best then perhaps it > wasn't best. LOL! I agree - sometimes software is written to be smarter than it really is! > > If MIME types were used in email that indicated a text file originated from > Mac then once again auto manglers may have been invoked. Sometimes filename > extensions can invoke this behavior. Interesting. The strange part is, however, that ONLY the carriage returns were affected - everything else in the attachment is fine! Again, thanks for everyone's help! > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, [email protected] > ============================================================ > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
