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Date:      Sun, 22 Jun 1997 23:09:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, kleon@bellsouth.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Handbook - ascii form??
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970622230509.19045A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970623013356.265U-100000@Journey2.mat.net>

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On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Chuck Robey wrote:

> OK, there's one problem with that.  I think that the ftp server is letting
> folks download handbook.ascii as ascii text, which is eating the backspace
> keys.  Gotta download this as binary!

That's right, if it's downloaded as a binary file it retains the ^H etc.
formatting codes; otherwise it doesn't.

Annelise




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