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From: patth@dasys1.UUCP (Patt Haring)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Setting prefix
Message-ID: <1690@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 18-Oct-87 07:36:37 EDT
Article-I.D.: dasys1.1690
Posted: Sun Oct 18 07:36:37 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 19-Oct-87 01:53:13 EDT
References: <8710150828.aa22617@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>
Organization: The Big Electric Cat
Lines: 35
Summary: AppleWorks and TEXT files C/R's

In article <8710150828.aa22617@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>, SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET writes:
> Guess my programming skill just isn't BASic enough any more,
> and if truth be known, I'm inclined to be Pro-DOS 3.3 (still
> haven't found a ProDOS word processor that makes files our
> mainframe can digest - does anyone know of a ProDOS word
> processor that stores by lines <carriage return at end of
> line> the way PIE Writer <DOS 3.3 only, alas> does????).
Hmmm - Murphy, try this:
hen    If you're using AppleWorks to create files to upload to a BBS you
know that AppleWorks has a funny habit of inserting 10 blank lines
when you save that file to disk using the ASCII File to Disk option.
Instead, when preparing a file to upload to a BBS, don't use the "ASCII
File to Disk" option in AppleWorks.  It won't insert CRs at the end of each 
line!
Instead,  create a CUSTOM PRINTER, using the Apple Silentype as a
basis, changing the PW to 8.0" and "Needs Top of Form" commands to "NO".
Set the destination to DISK.  [I've named my "Custom Printer" = DISK
so I can save TEXT files and PROGRAMS as TEXT files].
Then, when writing your messages in AppleWorks, set the format
parameters as follows:
   PW = 8.0   LM = 0  RM = .1 <or GREATER...cannot be 0>
   PL = 0.1   TM = 0  BM = 0
   CI = 10

Of course, you would use this "printer" and format to print the file
to DISK.  That will get you in a format that a BBS can handle.
Setting the page length to 0.1 and the bottom margin to 0 will
eliminate those annoying 10 blank lines that AppleWorks usually
inserts in files if you use the ASCII file to disk option.

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