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Re: RTF vs XCode

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Tim Streater wrote:
> ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> wrote:
>> Yes, BBEdit is the ultimate text editor. It has no direct saving
>> functionality into /any/ file format. But it handles plain and styled
>> text and it can be used for editing RTF and other files, because it
>> always keeps the primary format as the saving format. I.e. if you open
>> a TXT file in BBEdit and use the COM+S, it will keep the .txt format,
>> and if you open a RTF file, hit COM+S it will keep the .rtf format
>>
>> Another benefit is that BBEdit can save directly into customized
>> formats. I.e. if you open a TXT file (or any other file format), make
>> your changes and select 'Save As' you can change the suffix from .txt
>> to .rtf, .doc, docx etc, and the saved tocument will be a document of
>> the chosen file format. - And hereto fully formattings are kept as the
>> original an d it's possible to add styled text to a .txt file!
>>
>> Just tried with a RTF file which I first saved as a TXT file - all
>> formattings are kept, - and then again back to a TXT file - all
>> formattings are kept.
>
> You seem to be implying that BBedit knows how to save a text file in
> Word format. RTF is just text, nothing special about it. Some
> applications will *interpret* it as styled text, but that's a different
> story.
>
> Changing the suffix doesn't change the file format. It just changes the
> suffix. The file content is unaltered.

Well... I've used BBEdit to edit and change both text files and 
databases from some specific applications to be able to be read and used 
in other applications... So if it is only the suffix it changes, then it 
shouldn't be possible to use those changed files/databases in other 
applications.

I think you forget here that BBEdit is able to use a variety of plug-ins 
meant for these purposes. - In the classic OS days I had tons of those 
plug-ins which I haven't upgraded, because it will be too exensicve for 
me now where I don't use BBEdit that much anymore. - If i still need 
these possibilities I still walk onto my old OS 9.x machine and startup 
BBEdit 6.3 - the latest I have for Classic and which handles all my 
plug-ins...

There are of course file types and formats that cannot be edited by 
BBEdit since they are encrypted. In those cases one will need the 
resource to be able to edit/save again.

Cheers, Erik Richard

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          Re: RTF vs XCode Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-29 08:02 +0000
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              Re: RTF vs XCode Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-29 18:02 +0000
                Re: RTF vs XCode ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-03-30 03:00 +0200
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