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From: rterry@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Ray Terry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Re: StuffIt hexification (Was: TechNotes 184 to 194 available...)
Message-ID: <6150015@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Apr 88 20:06:30 GMT
References: <1511@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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/ hpcupt1:comp.sys.mac / dtw@F.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Duane Williams) / 11:24 am  Apr 24, 1988 /

> 
> BinHex 4.0 is the STANDARD means for producing .hqx files for distribution.
> StuffIt 1.31 does not produce .hqx files identical to the standard; so
> StuffIt 1.31 should not be used to hexify files for distribution.  I know it
> is more trouble to run two programs rather than one, but until StuffIt is
> fixed to generate output IDENTICAL to what BinHex 4.0 produces, people
> should continue to use BinHex 4.0.  (Complain to the author of StuffIt.)

That problem is corrected in the 1.40a version of StuffIt.  I have made use
of that feature and it works fine.  StuffIt 1.40a should be available on
most Mac BBSs...

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