Mac vs PC .csv files

[Dennis Brown]

Thanks, Ken, Eric, and Jon,

I was looking to create them in Rev.  Importing and exporting them  
from another program (Excel) is what I am doing now.

Dennis

On Jun 22, 2005, at 12:16 PM, Ken Ray wrote:

> On 6/22/05 10:07 AM, "Dennis Brown" <see3d at writeme.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Good day to everyone,
>>
>> I have been ask by a friend on a PC to send him some files in .csv
>> format.  When I do, he complains that the returns are missing.  I
>> guess I am still a bit unclear on this difference between platforms.
>> As I understand it the Mac uses LF for a delimiter, and the PC uses
>> CR.   When I end the lines with return, it does not end up as a CR in
>> the output file.  Is there a simple way to specify an end to my lines
>> that is compatible with all platforms for .csv files that are read by
>> programs other than Rev?
>>
>
> Dennis, are you creating these .csv files from Rev? Or is this a  
> general
> question? If you're doing it from Rev, both Eric and Jon were  
> pointing you
> in the right direction.
>
> If you're looking for more general-purpose application solution,  
> many text
> editors will allow you to pick the output file format (many times it's
> buried, though). For example, in BBEdit, you do "Save As", then  
> click the
> Options button and there's a popup for "Line Breaks" with choices for
> Macintosh, Unix, and DOS. I use TextPad on Windows, and they have a  
> "File
> Format" popup in the Save As dialog. Anyway, you get the idea...
>
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
>
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