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From: pes@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk (Paul Smee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: AUTOCOPY
Message-ID: <674@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 17-Dec-86 06:24:24 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 17 06:24:24 1986
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Regarding the ````s in uuencoded files:  They're probably a hindrance to
uudecoding, but a definite aid in transmitting.  My uudecode doesn't handle
them, but some will I believe.  Note that space is 40 octal and ` is 140 octal.
As such, ` is'nt in the uuencode charset.  It will be being used to replace
spaces.  At some stage in the process of porting to your ST, you'll need
(probably) to use an editor to globally replace the `s by spaces.

The advantage of using ` is that (not being a space) it won't get stripped
from the ends of lines; and, since ``s are not multiple spaces, you don't
have to worry about some too-clever-by-half machine deciding it can turn
multiple spaces into tabs according to its own local rules (sometimes an
issue).

So, in summary, if you get a uuencoded file containing `s, turn them all
into space chars.