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From: doner@henri.ucsb.edu (John Doner)
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Subject: Re: Something else you can't do on the Mac
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Date: 2 Jan 90 16:44:34 GMT
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In article <2702@aecom.yu.edu> werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner) writes:
....complains about procedures to read a downloaded text file:
>	1. Switch to the word-processor.
>	2. Go to the file menu, choose open
>	3. Select the file. (Now at this point, you have to remember what
>it was actually called, not just where it was on the desktop.)
>	
>	4. You're there, that is in most cases.  I find that a lot of
>text files are tabbed, and our word processor's default is Times-Roman,
>so:
>	4a. Select the entire text
>	5. Go to the font menu, and select Courier.  This usually causes
>wrapping of some sort, so
>	5a. Lower the point size.
>	6. Now, you're there.
....
>	Yet another reason to hate the Mac.

I'm tired of seeing this "blame the computer" approach to a problem of
someone's own making.  Did it ever occur to you that you might be
using the wrong tools for the purpose?  A minimal programmer's text
editor is the thing to use for viewing a text file the way you seem to
want.  There are any number of such things which would serve your
purpose, the Edit program sponsored by Apple and shipped with many
compilers comes immediately to mind.  There are also some shareware
desk accessories like McSink or PowerEdit, and some free programs, all
of which can be gotten off Compuserve or the internet archives.

John Doner