removing extra characters from windows text files

[source]

I was wondering if there was a little program that would convert windows text files to amiga. The windows text files when loaded into ced has extra line feeds and a rectangular character at the end of the text line. Is there anything out there that would remove them, or is there something I should be doing on the windows side to remove the characters.
Thanks

[mailman]

I always remove this extra character using REPLACE function. I just copy the character from the end of the line and paste it into the REPLACE window. The character and extra line feed should disappear.

[PeterK]

http://aminet.net/search?query=textconv

[hooverphonique]

yes, as mailman says, you can remove them using ced's replace operation.

[thomas]

Originally Posted by source

I was wondering if there was a little program that would convert windows text files to amiga. The windows text files when loaded into ced has extra line feeds and a rectangular character at the end of the text line. Is there anything out there that would remove them, or is there something I should be doing on the windows side to remove the characters.
Thanks

in CED press Amiga-R, enter Ctrl-M into the upper text field and leave the lower text field empty, then replace everything in turbo mode.

If Ctrl-M does not give a character, run Prefs/IControl and disable Text Gadget Filter.

In CED V5 you can select File -> End-of-line Translation from the menu.

[Leffmann]

Originally Posted by source

or is there something I should be doing on the windows side to remove the characters.
Thanks

If you're working the files on Windows to begin with, use a decent text editor which allows you to select or convert to LF line endings, instead of LF+CR which is the Microsoft way of doing things.

Notepad++, Programmer's Notepad, Ultraedit and Sublime Text are some good editors that should be able to do this.

[Amiga1992]

I use Notepad++ on my PC and it can remove all that garbage. Just set it to show LFs and replace them with emptiness. Works great.

It's a fantastic free program everyone should have.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Akira

Just set it to show LFs and replace them with emptiness.

Even simpler: Choose 'Edit -> EOL Conversion -> UNIX/OSX Format'

[source]

Thanks for all the replies. This has always been a pain for me. I am going to see if I can get the Ced trick to work. I have version 5 installed.
Thanks again. This site is great for the amiga community.

[Amiga1992]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Even simpler: Choose 'Edit -> EOL Conversion -> UNIX/OSX Format'

Nice one! I didn't know that trick
I love Notepad++

[Thorham]

There's a MUCH better way: Make a macro. You can save macros and they'll be loaded automatically when you start Ced. Do this once, and never be bothered by this problem again!

First load a text so that you can see that it works. Then do:

1) right amiga+m (starts macro input)
2) press the key you want to assign the macro to, I use F10 for this macro.
3) ctrl+up (moves to start of file)
4) right amiga+b (block mark mode)
5) ctrl+down (move to end of file)
6) enter menu -> Cut/Paste -> Strip CR marked
7) ctrl+up
8) right amiga m (ends macro input)
9) Save the macro: Enter menu -> Global -> Macro definitions -> Save definitions. Use the default name (cedmacros).

That's it. Now whenever you load a windows ascii text, just press F10 (or whatever you picked), and the text will be converted to Amiga format.

Edit:

Hmm, this is an old thread... Thought it was a new post