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Re: RACHAL Changeover
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:27:53 GMT
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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.
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> 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.
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> > 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
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> 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.
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> Have fun,
>
> Don
Same results here.
L3LAB:
In addition to this info, I wish to add that with DOS, UNIX, and Willy the
bricks showed up fine in L3Lab, but from the Mac file, L3Lab just showed an
empty window.
NOTETAB:
All four look idential and correct in NoteTab.
All run in Swedish Win98SE.
/Tore
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| (...) Well from your two reports it sounds very much like the files are uploading and downloading correctly. I guess we write the RACHAL one off as a strange quirk and I'll use NoteTab to ensure all future ones are DOS formatted before upload and (...) (18 years ago, 3-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| (...) 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 (...) (18 years ago, 3-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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