allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) (01/17/91)
Archive-name: compression/encoding/abe/1990-12-30 Archive: chyde.uwasa.fi:/pc/source/abe.zoo [128.214.12.3] Original-posting-by: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Original-subject: Re: A readable, robust encoding for source postings Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) As quoted from <1990Dec29.114801.5895@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA> by barrett@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA (Alan P. Barrett): +--------------- | I think that the correct way to fix this is to use an encoding that is | both readable and robust. A version of shar that does stuff like | encoding tabs as \t and wrapping lines in a reversible way would do it. | In fact, there was a lot of discussion on this topic here several months | ago. Sorry, I don't remember details, but I thought that somebody was | going to do some real work on coming up with a suitable standard? +--------------- Brad Templeton's ABE is in the comp.sources.misc archives. It is a robust, readable encoding that includes line-by-line checksums and mapping of characters that don't survive EBCDIC translations (and others). I would personally consider starting from there, as Brad decided not to make it share- ware/commercial in part as a possible solution to this issue. ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY