[Coco] EmuDisk floppy utility issue

[Walter Zambotti]

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

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---- 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.
> 
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>-----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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