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From: lad@lad.scs.com (Lawrence A. Deleski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Text file madness on the Mac.
Message-ID: <114@lad.scs.com>
Date: 8 Jan 90 14:58:05 GMT
References: <2706@aecom.yu.edu>
Organization: Silicon Compiler Systems / Warren, NJ
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From article <2706@aecom.yu.edu>, by werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner):
> 	You can't.

Yes you can.

> 	True, you can display it. And I do it all the time.  It involves
> a 7 step sequence using software I have readily available, and it is more
> complex than Unix 'more' or even a PC's 'type.'
> 	Over twenty people wrote mail, giving about 15 different ways to
> do this, some of which were quite elegant.  But that's not the point.

And it looks as if you didn't read one of twenty replies.  If you're so
bent on using your 'seven step process', then fine.  But all you need to do
is follow everyone's advice.  

Reading ANY text file on a Mac is a ONE step process; open the document.  It
can't GET any simpler.  Jeez.

> It's a simple task, and it should have a standard solution.  I mean the
> fact that fifteen people have found fifteen different ways to do
> something does not reflect favorably on machine that prides itself on a
> consistent user interface.

Arrrgggghhhhh!  Fifteen different people gave you exactly the same solution.

Oh forget it.  Remind me to never visit your practice.  If you read med
journals like you read your news, your patients are in BIG trouble.

> 	        Craig Werner   (future MD/PhD, 4.5 years down, 2.5 to go)

God help us.



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