[comp.text.tex] Ctrl-Z and DOS text editors

CSEDOYLE@cs8700.ucg.ie ("Paul Doyle, UCG Computer Services") (05/20/91)

xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu wrote:

> Subject: infotex.tex || ^Z || msdos editors
>
> Infotex.tex ftpable from prep.ai.mit.edu has a
> ^Z in the middle of the file. However msdos uses
> ^Z as end of file. Any msdos editors I tried,
> microemacs && freemacs && vi1.4 && WP51 fail to
> read the complete file. Any solutions ?

I just checked PC-Write: it can handle a file with an embedded ^Z, reading to
the true EOF.  PC-Write is shareware.

Paul Doyle
Computer Services
University College Galway
Ireland