Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!lewak From: lewak@sdcsvax.UUCP (George Lewak) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Megamax Include problem solved - dialog box bug? Message-ID: <1179@sdcsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 16:33:33 EST Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.1179 Posted: Mon Nov 4 16:33:33 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 04:32:51 EST References: <547@seismo.CSS.GOV> <> <1880@amd.UUCP> Reply-To: lewak@sdcsvax.UUCP (George lewak) Organization: EECS Dept. U.C. San Diego Lines: 31 Summary: In article <1880@amd.UUCP> ching@amd.UUCP (Mike Ching) writes: >In article <> berry@tolerant.UUCP (David Berry) writes: >>> Well, I solved my include file problem, but I don't know what was wrong. >>> I dinked with the line in question to no avail (couldn't find any >>> magic characters, but then I didn't go to the extreme of Fedit), so >>> I finally just chopped out about 10 lines (5 either side of the problem) >>> and typed it in again. That fixed it. I am buying a garlic garland >>> to put on top of the disk drive this afternoon. >> >>... >> It is then >>relatively easy to manually remove them (sure would be nice if >>there were a way to specify special characters (tabs/enter/return/etc.) >>to search/replace...) > >If special characters exist in the file, they can be specified in a >search/replace by cutting them and pasting them in the search field. >I frequently have to remove linefeeds from files transferred from >another computer and just cut one from the text, start the search >dialog, and paste the linefeed in the box. Even better than all these suggestions: There is an Editor (called QUED) on the market which allows, in one simple command, to remove all the unwanted characters. It also allows you to see the ASCII codes, if you want, right in the text. I've used it for most of my program development, and found this feature, as well as others which are not provided elsewhere, quite convenient. Victor