Re: End of file char

[Harry Binswanger]

At 02:22 AM 5/20/96 EST, you wrote:
>** Reply to note from Harry Binswanger 05/16/96
>> To transfer [a] file to Eudora, I first have to open
>> it in Windows' Notepad, then copy it to the clipboard
>> from Notepad (and finally paste into Eudora).
>
>Can't you hit Alt-Home (i.e. get Xy3 or Xy4 into a Window on the Desktop),
>then just Copy text to the Clipboard -- or paste _directly_ to your target
>app?
No, because Windows won't select Xy-text beyond one windows screenful, and these files are
inevitably longer than that.
>
>> ...In addition when I open a normal Xy4 file in Notepad,
>> there is always a huge chunk of garbage (from somewhere
>> in RAM) appended to the end of the file.
>
>Not garbage! It's either Document Information, or else an Index
>of the content of the file.
>
I only wish! It includes stuff like what's between the =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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EMM386 will remain off.
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the chance of data loss, EMM386 has halted your computer.
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(C) Daniel Kegel, Pasadena, CA 1986
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And I cut 2/3 of it out!

>> Does anyone know ... a way to avoid the garbage
>> past XY's EOF marker when using Notepad?
>
>STRIPPED.TXT will be clean. But the simplest trick is the oldest one of
>all (for DOS or OS/2-VDM only; it's a bug, and it's been fixed in OS/2 per
>se). Invent a non-existent filename, e.g. BOGUS, then issue this command
>(in XyWrite):
>
>dos/nv/x/z /c copy my.txt/a+bogus my.txt/b
That's what I've been doing. Except what is the /x and the /z? Do they keep the same
filename? DOS doesn't recognize them.

ANYWAY, your post gave me an idea that does work to simplify the process a=
 bit:
I take the file that's ready to send (which is the product of running a Xy pgm to make it
pure ASCII and put in the right line endings), if I run a pgm that calls the DOS copy
command with the /a and /b, Notepad sucks in that
1A-omitted file without any of the post-1A garbage. So thanks for the hint.

Regards,
Harry

     Harry Binswanger=20