Ned Smith Feb 28, 2013
On Feb 27, 2013, at 8:33 PM, Bill Gray wrote:
> Hi Ned,
>
> I think the problem (well, at least _a_ problem) is here:
>
> > Editing Guide.dat with Notepad shows one long line. I added the path statement at the end of the line.
>
> It should _not_ be one long line. Which caused me to realize that 'guide.dat'
> is being written out with lines terminated with a line feed, not carriage-return
> line-feed.
>
> I hadn't noticed this, and you'd not notice it in almost any other text
> editor. Notepad, however, retains an (expletive deleted) inability to recognize
> that text files come with different line terminator styles.
>
> Try a different editor (Wordpad, or almost anything... even ancient DOS Edit
> will work correctly; Notepad really is an outlier in this department.)
>
> -- Bill
>
Ned Smith
N 34,53,38.13
W 85,28,17.10
Near Chattanooga, TN
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