Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!rudolph From: rudolph@m.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Text formatting when uploading Message-ID: <8400068@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 29 Jan 89 07:37:00 GMT References: <1320@pbhyc.PacBell.COM> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:pbhyc.PacBell.COM:-132000:m.cs.uiuc.edu:8400068:000:854 Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!rudolph Jan 29 01:37:00 1989 > /* Written 9:47 am Jan 24, 1989 by jdf@pbhyc.UUCP */ > /* ---------- "Text formatting when uploading to UNIX" -------- */ > ... When I upload to a > UNIX system my text files are at best unformatted. At worst, total > garbage. I am using Red Ryder 10.3. My word processor is Fullwrite and I > > Jack Fine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Although I mailed an answer to the original poster, there seem to be a lot of people who have this problem, so I am posting this. There are several desk accessories which solve this problem by converting s to s or visca versa. I have one called fixup, by David Betz, which works well. McSink, available by ftp, will also do this. (shareware) Many others are available, often free. David Rudolph rudolph@m.cs.uiuc.edu University of Illinois