Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: A readable, robust encoding for source postings Message-ID: <1990Dec30.022449.25462@NCoast.ORG> Date: 30 Dec 90 02:24:49 GMT References: <4410@network.ucsd.edu> <1990Dec29.114801.5895@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Followup-To: alt.sources.d Organization: North Coast Computer Resources (ncoast) Lines: 22 As quoted from <1990Dec29.114801.5895@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA> by barrett@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA (Alan P. Barrett): +--------------- | I think that the correct way to fix this is to use an encoding that is | both readable and robust. A version of shar that does stuff like | encoding tabs as \t and wrapping lines in a reversible way would do it. | In fact, there was a lot of discussion on this topic here several months | ago. Sorry, I don't remember details, but I thought that somebody was | going to do some real work on coming up with a suitable standard? +--------------- Brad Templeton's ABE is in the comp.sources.misc archives. It is a robust, readable encoding that includes line-by-line checksums and mapping of characters that don't survive EBCDIC translations (and others). I would personally consider starting from there, as Brad decided not to make it share- ware/commercial in part as a possible solution to this issue. ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY