On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Heather Madrone wrote:

> I've already encountered a few text file anomalies on OS X. Most GUI
> applications seem to default to Mac-style text files (linefeeds only),
> but shell programs such as vi do not handle Mac-style text files
> gracefully.

If vi fails, try vim -- it handles line endings very gracefully, and
converting among different formats is just a matter of:

    :set fileformat=unix
    :set fileformat=mac
    :set fileformat=dos

vim rox :)



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Chris Devers    [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Q: How does a hacker fix a function which doesn't
   work for all of the elements in its domain?
A: He changes the domain.

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