Hello Carlo,
First, the batch approach: There are tools that can be used on the Mac
command line like dos2unix (see e.g.
http://www.computerhope.com/unix/dos2unix.htm). I do not use a Mac, so I
cannot tell how well this works.
Second, the editor file-by-file approach: On the other hand, you could
convert files using a programmer's editor. On the PC side or run in a
virtual environment on the Mac, EditPad Lite (or Pro) handle the process
well, and can even write Mac encoded files. The procedure is described
in the vDosXy or vDos-lfn for Xy packages' manual.txt. Surely, there are
even Mac editors that can accomplish similar feats.
Best regards,
Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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4.6.2016, 5:11, C.Caballero wrote:
Colleagues,
I wonder if someone could put me on the right track to a conversion tool I can use on my Mac. I admit that I no longer use XyWrite, though I don't rule out a return to it, as it remains superior to all other word processors.
A lot of my legacy texts in XyWrite are in French and German. It is easy to force a XyWrite file open in Pages (iWork) by giving it the suffix .txt. However,a consistent pattern of misrepresentations of upper ASCII characters then occurs. For instance,
what should be e-accent aigu appears as capital C cedilla what should be e-accent grave appears as a-umlaut
...and so on (I've avoided showing the characters but instead describe them)
The originals were ASCII (XyWrite III+ files). But what is the representation I should aim to convert to in Pages to preserve the originally intended characters? Is there a converter that can automate this character conversion for me now that I no longer run XyWrite? I do not care about converting formatting, just the characters.
Thank you for any help.
Carlo
Carlo Caballero
Associate Professor
Erma Mantey Faculty Fellow
Chairman, Musicology Area
University of Colorado
College of Music, 301 UCB
18th & Euclid
Boulder CO 80309-0301
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