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Subject: 
Re: RACHAL Changeover
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date: 
Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:26:40 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Timothy Gould wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Don Heyse wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Willy Tschager wrote:
> > > hi folks,
> > > 
> > > since no Mac or UNIX was involved in the creation of the mpd file we are trying
> > > to understand what has messed up the end line character.
> > 
> > Maybe it's a downloading problem.  On windows .mpd files are associated
> > with microsoft project by default.  Perhaps because of this, some sort
> > of translation occurred on downloading the file?  Or more likely it's an
> > uploading problem.  If you used ftp to upload it, and did not set ftp
> > to binary mode, it'll translate the end of line characters automatically
> > to the destination system default for you.
> > 
> > > we uploaded four files
> > > and would like to know how they turn out in notepad. please screenshot:
> > > 
> > > http://www.ldraw.org/files/BricksDOS.ldr
> > > http://www.ldraw.org/files/BricksMac.ldr
> > > http://www.ldraw.org/files/BricksUNIX.ldr
> > > http://www.ldraw.org/files/Bricks_Willy.ldr
> > 
> > Sorry no screenshots, but Willy and Dos are identical files and
> > behaved well in notepad.  Bot Mac and Unix showed little boxes where
> > the linefeeds should be.  The files are different though.  Unix had
> > \n linefeeds, and Mac had \r return chars.
> > 
> > Have fun,
> > 
> > Don
> 
> The upload is via an html form so I'm pretty sure it's not ftp (unless there's a
> way for this to be automated from a form?). Willy made the original file in
> MLCad by the looks of it, I then edited in MLCad and emacs for WinXP, Willy then
> further edited the file (in a text editor?)

no just MLCad and LDDP on win2000+SP4

> and I tested it in MLCad (suggesting
> it was either UNIX or DOS format) and uploaded it.
> 
> Very weird.

it is. the only problem I had with linefeed was when Allen Smith fixed some
entries in der MLCad.ini file.

w.



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  Re: RACHAL Changeover
 
(...) The upload is via an html form so I'm pretty sure it's not ftp (unless there's a way for this to be automated from a form?). Willy made the original file in MLCad by the looks of it, I then edited in MLCad and emacs for WinXP, Willy then (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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