Subject: BYX 1.1 problem

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 31 May 91 15:42:38 EDT

BYX 1.1 has a prblem in converting a BYX file to asciii.
After eaxh number there is a ``LF'', i.e.

number1 <LF> number2 <LF> ......

If one reads the ascii file on msdos, then it is a looong line.
[msdos needs CR and LF for the end of line.]

I communicated with YAN Yongxin and he said the problem has been corrected.
However the BYX on AHKCUS.ORG [192.55.187.25] still has the problem.
Where can I get a corrected version?

What is the difference between this BYX-number conversion untility and
the universal uu[en][de]code utility ?

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From: Rupert Zhu <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 91 11:43:19 -0400

Xiaofei, I am trying to answer your questions.

> number1 <LF> number2 <LF> ......

**** I am puzzled a little.  In what circumstances do you need to do
     conversion in this direction?  I have written a better utility
     to do the conversion in the reverse direction.  The program is
     called "mapping.c".  This is mainly for HXWZ editing work.

> Where can I get a corrected version?

**** If we can find this corrected utility, we will replace the old one
     with the new one, assuming that this does not violate Yan's copyright.

> the universal uu[en][de]code utility ?

**** BYX conversion utility converts only symbols to ASCII code, not
     Han4 Zi4 (Chinese characters).  So the most part of the file is
     still binary.  In contrast, uuencode/decode convert a binary file
     to an ASCII file thoroughly.

-- Rupert