Short: Version 3 of the *fast* ASCII converter Author: odin@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Andrew Elia) Uploader: odin dcs qmw ac uk (Andrew Elia) Type: text/misc Version: 3.0 Architecture: m68k-amigaos This program converts the return code types of ASCII files between Line Feed (Amiga & UNIX), Carriage Return (Apple Macintosh), and Carriage Return with Line Feed (lame PCs). It's useful for compiling source code on a different computer other than the one it was developed on, particularly if the compiler is picky about that sort of thing. It also makes text file transfers far less painful than usual (if you're one of those people that ends up stripping off those nasty characters from the ends of lines). There isn't a great deal in terms of new features. There is actually ONE new feature (wowee!). It's not extremely useful, but it allows you to bypass the usual file identification process and provide your own. It can have it's applications, believe it or not. On the bug fixing side of things, there are only two that have been found. Mika Lundell of Finland kindly pointed out an Enforcer hit (which are pretty harmless anyway -if you can ever apply that term to an Enforcer hit!) that was caused whenever the program was run without arguments, but never during normal operation. There is no way (from my study of the code) that it could have crashed, or cause other programs to do so. Please bear in mind that this isn't down to my naff testing techniques, but due to the fact that I developed all versions of RetConvert prior to this one on my humble A500+, which did not have the luxury of an MMU! I now have a rather posh new Amiga with an MMU, so I have been able to check for hits. So far, I haven't found any! The second little bug fix was a tiny one that I found myself when converting a directory full of files (using the Workbench SPAT script). Simply put, whenever you'd supply the name of a directory for conversion, it would report that it didn't have enough memory to load the file. Oops! Again, as RetConvert cleans up after itself quite cleanly, I'd be surprised if this would ever cause anything more than a little bit of bewilderment! Checking is now done to make sure that you know the mistake is yours! NOTE: This program is Command Line only Andrew Elia