--On Mon, May 18, 1998 6:58 pm +0200 "Michel Train" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Thanks to Emacs, I finally found why some theme files can't be gunzipped :
> They have extra ^M at the end en each line....
>
> A replace-regexp ^M$ with nothing returns them to normal state.
>
> Let's have a thankfull thought for R. Stallman.
>
Aha!
With that clue, I can tell you what you did wrong.
You downloaded the file in text-mode, not binary.
If you were using a unix-style FTP client, you should have remembered to
type
'binary' before typing 'get'.
Jules
/----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\
| Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd |
| Jules aka | | Richmond, Surrey |
| Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* |
+----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. |
| When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. |
\----------------------------------------------------------------------/
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