[Coco] EmuDisk floppy utility issue

[Michael Kline]

Dave,


Many thanks for the heads-up about Notepad++. I just downloaded it and 
it looks really good.

Michael

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On 05/01/2020 03:08, David Ladd wrote:
> Wayne,
>
> As tfadden pointed out, I would also suggest Notepad++.  I use it on all my
> Windows systems and also under my Linux systems using Wine.  It is so
> popular it is even available in the Ubuntu software list. :D
>
> Here is a link to the website for it.
> https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
>
> It has a LOT of features compared to the built in notepad that comes with
> Windows.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
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> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 1:57 PM Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> OS-9 uses CR as a line terminator. TextPad recognizes this as the Mac
>> paragraph terminator. Notepad automatically changes the CR to CR+LF. That
>> is what is messing with the compiler in OS-9. Basic09 has a similar issue
>> with source files that have CR+LF line terminators. It adds an extra line
>> in the listing between source statements. TextPad allows Mac-style line
>> terminators, and this corrects the issue.
>>
>> I was referring to transferring text files from floppy images to a Windows
>> folder. EmuDisk is doing something strange to the file descriptor. The file
>> contents are fine, but TextPad is getting some weird character from the
>> file descriptor that is causing it to crash. Notepad apparently ignores the
>> file descriptor.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 11:17 AM Walter Zambotti <zambotti at iinet.net.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> What I found with transfering text files between Windows/Linux to OS9 is
>>> you have to be very careful with line termination characters.  The file
>> can
>>> look good to some utilities on the receiving end but cause problems with
>>> others.  Using notepad on a source file will stop the os9 compiler from
>>> working.  I find resaving the file with minted helps.
>>>
>>> Walter
>>>
>>> Sent from my Xperia by Sony smartphone
>>>
>>> ---- Bill Pierce via Coco wrote ----
>>>
>>>> Actually, there's quite a few issues with that software. I wouldn't move
>>> anything around in OS-9 with it, without a backup.
>>>> He had a good plan and good concept, he just never worked the kinks out
>>> of it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
>>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>> Sent: Wed, Jan 1, 2020 8:06 pm
>>>> Subject: [Coco] EmuDisk floppy utility issue
>>>>
>>>> It's been a few years since this utility was written. I don't know if
>> Walt
>>>> Zydhek is still around, but if he is I have found an issue with EmuDisk
>>>> that needs to be addressed. I used the utility to copy a text file from
>> a
>>>> floppy image to a windows folder. When I tried to open it with TextPad
>>> (the
>>>> editor of choice for me), TextPad reported "Unspecified Error", and
>> when I
>>>> clicked the OK button I got another dialog stating, "Unexpected and
>>>> unrecoverable error. Would you like to save a diagnostic file?" TextPad
>>>> then quit after clicking either of the buttons (Yes or No). I opened the
>>>> file with Notepad and it opened fine.
>>>>
>>>> If I save the file out with wimgtool, the file opens without error in
>>>> TextPad. I don't understand what is causing the issue, but it appears to
>>> be
>>>> related to how EmuDisk is saving the file. I also compared the two
>> copies
>>>> (one from wimgtool and one from EmuDisk) in the file comparison utility
>>>> WinMerge and it showed both files being identical. This just adds to my
>>>> confusion, as one opens in TextPad and Notepad and the other only opens
>> in
>>>> Notepad.
>>>>
>>>> I would appreciate any help in figuring out what is happening here, but
>> I
>>>> haven't heard from Walt in a long time. In the meantime I am just using
>>>> wimgtool to copy files from floppy images to my windows folders.
>>>>
>>>> Wayne
>>>>
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