On Apr 11,  6:52pm, Paul Goyette wrote:
>Yep - but in UN*X, neither ^M nor CR is the End-of-Line character in text 
>files;  that dubious distinction belongs to LF (or ^J).  If the original 
>poster were to ungzip the file in binary mode, or at least turn off the 
>option to "convert" UN*X text files to Mac-format, then the original LFs 
>would stay.  Of course, then you wouldn't be able to easily edit or view 
>the files under the MacOS!  :)

Sure you can.  Alpha has the capability to edit (and save) files in PC,
Mac or Unix formats, and I think BBEdit does as well.

~Steve

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