Bill, Good suggestion but -- Rstyle found missing parens around the switch var, but it didn't clear up looking like a playback file. rbedit allowed me to [Esc] to get a normal looking file, then I put in the missing parens, saved the file. When I reopened it, it still thinks it's a playback file.
Bernie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Downall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 1:39 PM Subject: Re: app files suddenly appear to rbedit as playback files > Bernie, > > If there are certain non-printable ascii characters in a file, RBEdit > assumes it is a "Playback" file, and translates those ascii codes into > keystroke names for you. I think there is a pop-up dialog question > when it finds them, that asks you if that's what you want to do. > > R:Style can help clean up those files, too. > > Bill > > > On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:49:37 -0500, Bernard Lis wrote: > > >using R:Base for dos 6.5++ > >All of a sudden, several .app files have taken on a strange new look. > >How do I get rid of these extra characters? > >there is [Enter] interspersed and I tried to replace them with a > space > >(in rbedit) but when I go to save the file it bombs out to a dos prompt > with > >the message "insufficient memory to load protected mode R:Base". > If I > >don't load rbase and run rbedit from the dos prompt it says "file too > large > >to edit" ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
