At 14:02 -0800 2/25/2000, Jerry Balzano wrote:
>Hi - Being a "newbie" I have hesitated to report this, but since (a) I have
>replicated it on multiple machines, with multiple downloads of squeak 2.7,
>and since (b) it is interfering (psychologically at least) with my ability
>to learn Squeak, here goes:
>
>I have downloaded Squeak 2.7 (2.6 has same problem for me BTW) on my iMac
>and also on several G3 Macs and one 7300/200 PowerMac at the University
>where I work, and in all cases I find that browsing certain methods gives
>me a curiously clipped display in the the bottom pane.  Examples:

The Source file and/or the changes file have been corrupted by adding a CrLf where the Mac only expects a Cr (or is a lone Lf).

If you are using StuffitExpander, start it up by double-clicking and

* select Preferences... from the File menu.

* choose Cross Platform, and

* check Never.

This will assure that text files don't get screwed up in the future. Now, re-expand the downloaded files.

If you do work with files from other platforms, the program BBEdit (which has a free version) will let you work directly with them and keep track of line end characters so things don't get messed up. It will also convert formats.

Dave
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