On 28 Nov 2002, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 02:43:45PM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > | I have to send text files to a publisher who uses a mac. > | > | The files are written with vim and sent via mutt. I am told that all the > | lines have carriage returns. I've tried using no textwidth setting in > | vim and have converted the files to mac format but it still doesn't > | work. I also sent them as rtf converted with abiword but no better. > | > | Is there any way to send files that don't have this? > > Text file EOL markers are as follows : > > Unix \n (LF) > Windows \r\n (CRLF) > Mac \r (CR) > > Vim supports all three formats. I personally have only used vim on > unix and windows to handle unix and windows files on each. Look at > the 'ff' option (:help ff). You should be able to > :set ff=mac > :w > and have a Mac-style text file on-disk. mutt won't (shouldn't; I'd > call it a bug if it did) munge the file on you. > > HTH, > -D
I already tried this and seemingly it didn't work any better. Of course, the problem may be at their end... Looking at the resultant file with less, I get ^M at the end of each line, which is carriage return, so I don't see why it shouldn't work. AC -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
