Re: Xy4 and Hex 1a

[Leslie Bialler lb136@xxxxxxxx]

Carl Distefano wrote:

> Still, D 1A=1 has its uses -- for example, to get a rough-and-ready
> view of text embedded in a binary file. In that case, however,
> always ABort the file after viewing. SAving or SToring it will
> corrupt the file.
>

Yessir! But: I have discovered another interesting thing. If you set d
1a=1, call up a word file in XP (I say, suh, that's expanded mode to old
Leghorn!), delete the crap at the top and the bottom, and then re-save
the file (under another name, of course!), you _can_ recall it as a pure
text file. Indeed, if the file had embedded notes, you will see all the
notes at the end with, as I recall, ascii 6 replacing the numbers, and
there are ascii 6's in the text, indicating where the notes are supposed
to go. It is then easy enough to restore the note numbers with a count
program.


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