At 12:36 AM 2/6/03 +0000, you wrote: >* converting .doc ->. txt and .rtf -> .txt is a must. IMO this >should be done by catdoc or antiword, one of which should be included >in the basic distribution packet of BL. Both programs are maintained >and try to keep up with the latest MS counter-compatibility >measures. > > A public >campaign for the use of rtf format on the internet could >help increasing the number of .rtf attachments a bit.
At the begining only females seemed to need all this formatting with lines and symbols and 14 different size fonts. They liked to make up 'flyers' and tape them to the walls as inter-office grafiti? College professors use plain text, programmers use plain text, I'm wondering how much extras software do I need to maintain to communicate with these other 'girly men' who want to decorate their pages before I can see them? If we ALL maintain software to interpret this junk aren't we actually _encouraging_ people to send it to us? Charles.Angelich "DOS Ghost" Tech Website : http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/ Music,Photos,Stories,etc. Website : http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/faf/ Default Browser HomePage : http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/homepage.asp To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
