Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:35:41 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu (Annelise Anderson) Cc: chuckr@glue.umd.edu, brian@awfulhak.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com, kleon@bellsouth.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Handbook - ascii form?? Message-ID: <199706231735.KAA00920@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970622230509.19045A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> from "Annelise Anderson" at Jun 22, 97 11:09:06 pm
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> > 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. Just a clarification: the FTP server "lets" anyone download any data in binary or text format. This is not a file attribute that the FTP server controls. Most likely, you are using a WWW browser which is making a bad assumption about the ".txt" extension. You should modify it's "options" or manually edit the "mailcap" file to remove the clear-text association for the ".txt" extension. Alternately, obtain a browser that works. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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