From: Alan G Isaac (aisaac_at_american.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 12 2004 - 08:17:21 EST
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Mark Richardson apparently wrote:
> I need to review the procedures for filing a report and attaching a file.
> In the meantime, to clarify: the DOS editor I use to create simple text
> files has a pull-down ascii table listing normal Roman letters as well as
> foreign accents, mathematical symbols, Greek characters, editing marks
> (the "paragraph" symbol that looks like a backward "P"), etc. Each has its
> character and Hex number. Any one of these inserted into the file causes
> the "error importing file" message from AbiWord. The DOS editor ("Breeze")
> runs on an old laptop, but the files open fine as long as no characters
> from the pull-down menu are inserted. The answer is probably very simple
> but something I can't see. I'll attach a file...
It looks like Breeze is not a text editor but rather a
word processor:
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/oldfav.html
Given its age, it is likely to be using an entirely
proprietary encoding of these special symbols.
Thus unless you can translate Breeze files to a
widely used format (including e.g. ASCII), you will
not be able to import Breeze files into *anything*.
Open a Breeze file with a text editor (e.g., NotePad)
to see what you are actually dealing with.
Perhaps someone has written a coverter.
If you want to understand what ASCII is, I offer
a very brief discussion here:
<URL:http://www.american.edu/econ/notes/ailatin1.htm>
(Corrections welcomed.)
Cheers,
Alan Isaac
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