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From: zazula@uazhe0.physics.arizona.edu (RALPH ZAZULA)
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Subject: Re: Help: WriteNow -> Ascii
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Date: 10 Mar 91 05:38:52 GMT
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In article <8gdGa6t*@cs.psu.edu>, melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes...
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>In article <9MAR91192655@uazhe0.physics.arizona.edu> zazula@uazhe0.physics.arizona.edu (RALPH ZAZULA) writes:
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>   This was probably covered before but...  
> 
>   How can I convert a WriteNow document to ASCII and still preserve
>   the tabs and spaces?  I tried selecting the entire document and then
>   pasting it into an Edit window.  This converts it to ASCII but removes
>   the tabbing.  Is there something I could do to the document while
>   it is in WriteNow?  Is there a filter to do this somewhere?
> 
>You could try saving it as ASCII text, then using the Unix unexpand
>command.
> 
>-Mike

I didn't even know those options existed!  Well, the Save as Ascii with
line breaks was real close to the same.  It still dosen't preserve 
all of the spacing...

Thanks,
Ralph


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