Sorry.  Silly typo on my part.  BINARY mode is correct.  ASCII mode causes the problem.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PC :beoneel at mindspring.com > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 7:16 AM
> To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Cc: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: browser glitch
> > > "Andrew C. Greenberg" <werdna at gate.net> wrote:
> > >Hello,
> > >   I'm just starting out familiarizing myself with Squeak. > I am very > >impressed with this environment. I have tried > Squeak 2.5 & 2.6 for > >the PPC Macintosh, and I have a > problem with the system browser. > >Often the definition or > commentary for an object has its first few > >characters > chopped off. Can anyone help?
> > >
> > >   Thanks.
> > > This is the same problem mentioned earlier this week.  > Either the > changes file or the sources file were corrupted > by a program > attempting to modify line endings.  It is > critical to load these text > files as though they were pure > data files, and to set any expansion > program settings so > that NO data conversions are done to "improve" or > "import" > these "text" files.
> > > Try downloading these files once more, taking pains to > assure they > were downloaded in ASCII mode, and before > decompressing, make sure > that all settings to modify text > files are ENTIRELY turned off.
> > Make the BINARY mode :-)
> > cheers
> > bruce
> > > >