[Coco] EmuDisk floppy utility issue

[David Ladd]

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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