dtw@F.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Duane Williams) (04/25/88)
BinHex 4.0 is the STANDARD means for producing .hqx files for distribution. StuffIt 1.31 does not produce .hqx files identical to the standard; so StuffIt 1.31 should not be used to hexify files for distribution. I know it is more trouble to run two programs rather than one, but until StuffIt is fixed to generate output IDENTICAL to what BinHex 4.0 produces, people should continue to use BinHex 4.0. (Complain to the author of StuffIt.) Duane -- uucp: ...!seismo!cmucspt!me.ri.cmu.edu!dtw arpa: dtw@cs.cmu.edu
rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Siegel) (04/25/88)
My understanding is that the only difference between the two BinHex routines is that the standard BinHex does RLE on the output, and StuffIt does not - the only result is that StuffIt's binhex output is slightly longer. I have used BinHex to decode files that StuffIt is produced, and vice-versa. Just because it's not identical to the standard doesn't make it wrong.
rterry@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Ray Terry) (04/26/88)
/ hpcupt1:comp.sys.mac / dtw@F.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Duane Williams) / 11:24 am Apr 24, 1988 / > > BinHex 4.0 is the STANDARD means for producing .hqx files for distribution. > StuffIt 1.31 does not produce .hqx files identical to the standard; so > StuffIt 1.31 should not be used to hexify files for distribution. I know it > is more trouble to run two programs rather than one, but until StuffIt is > fixed to generate output IDENTICAL to what BinHex 4.0 produces, people > should continue to use BinHex 4.0. (Complain to the author of StuffIt.) That problem is corrected in the 1.40a version of StuffIt. I have made use of that feature and it works fine. StuffIt 1.40a should be available on most Mac BBSs... rterry%hpda@hplabs.hp.com
davids@dasys1.UUCP (David Schenfeld) (04/26/88)
In article <1511@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, dtw@F.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Duane Williams) writes: > > BinHex 4.0 is the STANDARD means for producing .hqx files for distribution. > StuffIt 1.31 does not produce .hqx files identical to the standard; so > StuffIt 1.31 should not be used to hexify files for distribution. It is true that Stuffit does not produce output exactly as Binhex 4.0 does, but as far as I know, the outputs of each program are compatible with eachother. Any file encoded with StuffIt's binhex can be decoded with the Binhex 4.0 application, and vice-versa. -- David Schenfeld {allegra,philabs,cmcl2}!phri\ Big Electric Cat Public Unix {columbia,cmcl2}!cucard!dasys1!davids New York, NY, USA {sun,well,amdahl}!hoptoad/ Compuserve: 72315,1457 | Delphi: DSCHENFELD | GEnie: AES-ELECT
thomas@uvabick.UUCP (Thomas Fruin) (04/28/88)
Richard Siegel writes: > I have used BinHex to decode files that StuffIt is produced, and vice-versa. Unfortunately, I have run into CRC errors in StuffIt while decoding BinHex files that decoded fine with BinHex, _and_ the same problems vice-versa. It doesn't happen very often, but it still happens. -- Thomas Fruin fruin@hlerul5.BITNET University of Leiden thomas@uvabick.UUCP University of Amsterdam hol0066.AppleLink 2:508/15.FidoNet (MacSaga) The Netherlands
philip@hubcap.UUCP (Philip L Harshman) (05/02/88)
From article <245@uvabick.UUCP>, by thomas@uvabick.UUCP (Thomas Fruin): > Unfortunately, I have run into CRC errors in StuffIt while decoding BinHex > files that decoded fine with BinHex, _and_ the same problems vice-versa. It > doesn't happen very often, but it still happens. > > Thomas Fruin I had similar problems with old versions of StuffIt but found that they were usually caused by non-BINHEX text in the file I was decoding. The new StuffIt (I have 1.40A) not only skips over text at the beginning of a BINHEX file as BINHEX 5 does, it will also ignore non-BINHEX text in the middle of a file. Now I no long have to cut the "Part n of x" messages out of a file that was put together from multiple parts. Please no flames on how I could have done this with a simple shell script -- I'm glad not to have to do it at all now. I think Raymond Lau deserves a vote of thanks. I've sent in my money for StuffIt and I only use it for unstuffing so far. These opinions are my own. Any resemblance to any other opinions living or dead is coincidental.
flowers@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Margot Flowers) (05/10/88)
>The new StuffIt >(I have 1.40A) not only skips over text at the beginning of a BINHEX file as >BINHEX 5 does, it will also ignore non-BINHEX text in the middle of a file. >Now I no long have to cut the "Part n of x" messages out of a file that was >put together from multiple parts. I've tried this with the same version of StuffIt and had trouble with embedded text. It was a packit archive if that matters. Any insights? (Even if that doesn't work all the time, it is still a great program worth paying for.) Margot Flowers Flowers@CS.UCLA.EDU ...!{ucbvax|ihnp4}!ucla-cs!flowers