Text file madness on the Mac.

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From: Craig Werner
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1990 08:06

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	This started when I mentioned the simple fact given a text file
(say from a download) you can't display its contents at the level of the
Desktop.
	You can't.
	True, you can display it. And I do it all the time.  It involves
a 7 step sequence using software I have readily available, and it is more
complex than Unix 'more' or even a PC's 'type.'
	Over twenty people wrote mail, giving about 15 different ways to
do this, some of which were quite elegant.  But that's not the point.
It's a simple task, and it should have a standard solution.  I mean the
fact that fifteen people have found fifteen different ways to do
something does not reflect favorably on machine that prides itself on a
consistent user interface.
-- 
	        Craig Werner   (future MD/PhD, 4.5 years down, 2.5 to go)
	     werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
              (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517)
           "Someone write me a letter. I need to know that I'm still alive."

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From: werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Text file madness on the Mac.
Summary: Come on people, it's a simple point.
Keywords: Something else you can't do on the Mac
Message-ID: <2706@aecom.yu.edu>
Date: 5 Jan 90 08:06:50 GMT
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Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY
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