struts-config windows 2 unix?

[slickdev]

Is it common to find xml validation errors, when editing struts-config.xml on window$, 
then trying to deploy the app on unix?
With vi, I notice the extra control char's in the file.  On unix, the database source 
mapping appears to work, but my app can't find its action classes in the 
WEB-INF/classes dir.  Returns error 500: no action instance for <myclassname>.