Targetware: 3D Dev Guide

Macs and Text Files

As you model for the Targetware engine, you will be edited various text files, including .acm and .anm files. You can open these in any application capable of reading and saving in 'text' format. I highly recommend mac users try out BBEdit or BBEdit Lite (free). One reason in particular is that BBEdit has an option to save text files with PC carriage returns. If you save open a TW text file with SimpleText, it will probably show a bunch of boxes at the start of each line. These are PC end of line characters which SimpleText doesn't know how to handle. If you save your file in Simpletext, anywhere you inserted a return character, PC users who try to open the file will see the lines running together as if there had been no return entered. Obviously, Macs and PCs handle end of line coding differently. BBEdit automatically detects PC codes and hides them, and you can also set it to write PC return codes. If you want to share your files with your PC friends, be nice, set the default encoding to "DOS" from the menu bar in BBEdit.