Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If I want to send a text file to an MS Windows user there are problems: in >> fact, in MS Windows a text file which has been composed under Linux is not >> correctly read: the line ends are not recognised. The remedy is to cut the >> text >> and paste it into an MS Word file, then cut it again and re-paste it into the >> text file, which is not so good because this way I need rebooting every time >> into the Windows partition. >> >> Can anybody suggest some solution to this problem?
Claudius Hubig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> nano, e. g., supports the MS-DOS-file format (or whatever it's >> called) and thus you can save your text files with nano (C+O, M+D) >> the way Windows users are able to read them properly. Rodolfo: > Thanks, this seems to work fine: I paste the text into nano buffer, then do > C-o M-d and it's done. :) The KDE text editor Kate lets you select line endings - Unix/Windows/Mac. It also has a good spellchecker and you can add a word count function. I do all my work (journalistic) with Kate to send to a Windows environment. Kate will run under GNOME but I found it slow to load, so now I use KDE. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
