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Re: RTF vs XCode

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Your Name wrote:
> Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> 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.
>
> I don't know about BBEdit, but GraphicConverter is definitely "suffix
> aware" - when in a Save As window, whatever suffix you type on the
> filename will automatically change the file format it saves as (as will
> choosing the format from the pop-up menu of course). If you type ".jpg"
> or ".jpeg" the file saves as a JPG. If you type ".tiff" it saves as a
> TIF, etc.

And it's exactly the same way BBEdit reacts for most file formats. There 
are still formats that BBEdit can't handle without a plug-in installed.

I've just now tried it out once more... Opened a blank BBEdit file, put 
some text - this answer - into it and hit the 'Save As'. There is no 
suffix specified in the titlebox. - First when you enter a suffix and 
save the file, it will be associated to be the selected file format, - 
and it works!

Another of the old-timers - Tex-Edit Plus - handles it in another way. 
Here you need to use 'Save As' and select the file format you need to use...

Cheers, Erik Richard

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    Re: RTF vs XCode Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-27 23:35 -0700
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        Re: RTF vs XCode Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-29 12:24 +1200
          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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              Re: RTF vs XCode ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-03-30 03:16 +0200
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