On 21.07.07 10:46, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > 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.
how do you transfer those files? FTP has ASCII transfer which translates line ends correctly and mail has also well-defined line ends, so all mail clients know how to convert. It can be a problem when you edit the same file on the same disk using different editors, but meny editors support both line ends... > 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. poor and dirty workadound, Whatever but word... -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]