Welcome to the "line feed conventions differ between machines and StuffIt
thinks its smarter than it really is" bug. Go read
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/928
and afterwards follow the Mac download link from the bottom of the page.

Short answer:Do everything as binary and don't let any software translate
between conventions. The longer, more detailed answer is on those pages.

Would it be a good idea to put a warning about that when you log into
the ftp server? 

-Russ

On Fri, 25 Feb 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:
> 
> (1)
> When I try to browse the * method belonging to the class Integer, the
> bottom pane starts:
> 
> 	o the comment in Number * "
> 
> whereas the full method listing should begin:
> 
> * aNumber
> 	"Refer to the comment in Number * "
> 
> (2)
> When I try to browse the drawOn: method belonging to the class
> BackgroundMorph, the bottom pane starts:
> 
> 	he tiling is solely determined
> 
> whereas the full method listing should begin:
> 
> drawOn: aCanvas
> 	"The tiling is solely determined
> 
> (The way I know what the full listing should look like is because I
> downloaded Squeak 2.7 on an IBM-PC and read it there.)
> 
> So apparently, the first line and a bit of the second line of some methods
> (not clear why which ones are affected) have mysteriously disappeared.
> 
> I should mention as an addendum that just before sending this note I copied
> the Squeak folder onto a G3 iMac with a gigantic monitor (don't know exact
> dims, sorry), and everything looks fine there (!).  But changing the screen
> resolution on the other Macs (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, etc.) doesn't
> help.  I mention this to give all the information I have, but also to
> caution that there is at least one Mac (i.e. "a G3 iMac with a gigantic
> monitor") for which the problem I report here doesn't show up.
> 
> I would be grateful for any light/heat/help/sound/fury anyone could shed on
> this problem for me.
> 
> 				-Jerry Balzano
> 
> 
> 
> -------------------------
> Dr. Gerald J. Balzano
> Dept of Music
> Teacher Education Program
> Laboratory for Comparative Human Cognition
> Cognitive Science Program
> UC San Diego
> La Jolla, CA 92093
> (619) 822-0092
> gjbalzano at ucsd.edu
> 
> 
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