Welcome to the MacNN Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

You are here: MacNN Forums > Software - Troubleshooting and Discussion > Developer Center > Opening BBEdit text files with Notepad

Opening BBEdit text files with Notepad
Thread Tools
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Clogland
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Feb 15, 2003, 11:21 PM
 
Provides some interesting results, as in gobbledegook.

I put together a php project with BBEdit lite which I want to continue working on with a windows box using notepad.

Is there some sort of utility that can translate the files?
     
Forum Regular
Join Date: Oct 2002
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Feb 15, 2003, 11:40 PM
 
Originally posted by skalie:
Provides some interesting results, as in gobbledegook.

I put together a php project with BBEdit lite which I want to continue working on with a windows box using notepad.

Is there some sort of utility that can translate the files?
While on the mac, in the save dialog there's an 'options' button. Go there, and you'll see an option to save with MS DOS line endings. Make sure you but a .txt extension on the end. If there's still funny characters, I don't know what non-ASCII characters you're using in a PHP document. First try "zap gremlins" under the TEXT menu. If that still doesn't work, you can convert the document to ASCII (which will rid the doc of those funny mac-only characters). Under the Tools menu -> "converte to ASCII"
     
skalie  (op)
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Clogland
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Feb 16, 2003, 12:08 AM
 
Save as >>> Options >>> Line breaks >>> DOS ..........weaved the magic, thanks a million.

(.php files are just .txt files with a different extension, well, they are when I use them, similar to .html files I guess)
     
skalie  (op)
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Clogland
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Feb 16, 2003, 12:46 AM
 
Is there a way to "batch save" a group of files into DOS mode?
     
Occasionally Useful
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Liverpool, UK
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Feb 16, 2003, 09:41 AM
 
you could try LineBreak, it's freeware
"Have sharp knives. Be creative. Cook to music" ~ maxelson
     
   
Thread Tools
Forum Links
Forum Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Top
Privacy Policy
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:47 PM.
All contents of these forums © 1995-2011 MacNN. All rights reserved.
Branding + Design: www.gesamtbild.com
vBulletin v.3.8.7 © 2000-2011, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd., Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.3.2