Pardon me if I'm telling you something you already know, but there's a reason why reading text files across multiple environments can create problems. The reason is historical. Here's the basic reason:
On Linux/Unix the line termination char is a Ctrl+J On Macintosh it's Ctrl+M On Windows it's both Ctrl+J and Ctrl+M together. There are tools for converting among these formats at the command line. On my Linux I have two apps called dos2unix and unix2dos which handle these things. There are apps which will spot the problem when you load a text file and offer to do, or simply do the conversion for you on the fly. Problem here is that you need such an app on up to three separate environments. hth Janina 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries writes: > Simon, > I don't know what that is but have been trying different things and have > determined I should avoid plain text formats. So I went to .rtf which may do > it. TextEdit will open that on the Mac and edited the document in TextEdit > then viewed it under Windows in MS Word and it came through fine. > > The only hitch is on the iPhone when I access the document via the Files > app, Voice Dream Reader launches. I don't want that. I do have MS Word which > I ma need to activate, and Pages as well. I will activate MS Word and see > what happens. Using iCloud Drive I wish to make life easy for me (smiles) > and be able to read and edit as needed on any platform. > > Hmm, Mac Vim. Will look at that too but if I can work around Voice Dream > Reader I will have it nailed down. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 4/27/2019 9:15 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Thanks Yuma, > > > > Good to know they have a mac version. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On > > Behalf Of Yuma Decaux > > Sent: Sunday, 28 April 2019 4:15 PM > > To: da...@unwiredmind.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > > Subject: Re: Text Editors for Mac > > > > Try mac vim. it works pretty well. At least on the latest version I got > > which was 7.x > > > > > > > > > > > On 28 Apr 2019, at 2:00 pm, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > > > > > HI ET, > > > > > > Is there a version of VIM or VI that would work on the mac? > > > > > > These are linux text editors I'm just wondering if something like that > > > might work for you. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, 28 April 2019 8:00 AM > > > To: MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > > > Subject: Text Editors for Mac > > > > > > I am taking a different path to see if I can easily create or edit > > > text files on the Mac that will read correctly in Windows. > > > > > > TwctEdit does not insert the CR and LF codes needed by Windows. I do > > > not want to take extra steps to work around this such as using LineBreak > > > which was last updated in 2008. If I can save files as .txt in Pages that > > > may work but again, that means extra work. > > > > > > So I am looking for accessible (and free) text editors for the Mac > > > that just might work. > > > > > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > > > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > > Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were > > > true? > > > > > > -- > > > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > > > Visionaries list. > > > > > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > > > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > > > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > > > > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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