Several options concerning carriage returns, line feeds, blanks and tabs
can be chosen to govern the format in which a file is written out or
saved. These options go under the names Atari mode, Unix mode, Raw
mode and Print mode. There is a character on the right side of the
status bar after the `I/O' which is either `A', `U', `R' or `P'
respectively indicating which of the four modes the editor is currently
set. The four modes are as described below:
- Atari Mode
- (Set by Alt-A). This mode writes out the file with every
line followed by a carriage return and a line feed, the standard
convention for storing ASCII files on the Atari ST, MS-DOS and Windows.
- UNIX Mode
- (Set by Alt-U). This mode writes out the file with each
line followed only by a line feed. This is the Unix standard
for file storage and is useful if you will be working in
conjunction with a Unix machine.
- Raw Mode
- (Set by Alt-R). In Raw mode the file is written `as is'
with no line feeds or carriage returns at all. This mode can be
used for limited editing of binary files if necessary. Note
that arbitrary hexadecimal characters can be introduced
into a file being edited via the Ctrl-H command. For full
information on these features, see the chapter on the Hex mode later
in this manual.
- Print Mode
- (Set by Alt-P). In this mode all tabs are expanded into
blanks, while maintaining the same visual format of the file.
This mode is useful for preparing a file to be printed out on a
line printer, or in the case that the file is to be compiled by
a compiler that does not allow tabs in a program. Note: take
into account that somewhat more space on the disk will be
required for this mode.