<div dir="ltr"><div>Not only conceivable but exactly how I do it! All the source I compile is plain ascii with newlines instead of carriage returns. The compiler doesn't care about newlines vs. carriage returns either, which is nice.</div><div><br></div><div>Chuck</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 8:20 AM <<a href="mailto:peter@easthope.ca">peter@easthope.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello Liam,<br>
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From: Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com" target="_blank">lproven@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:32:38 +0200<br>
> I fully understand that this is not true in Oberon but I absolutely do<br>
> think that it is fair, reasonable and understandable to see a file<br>
> called "README.Text" and expect it to contain plain text!<br>
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Considering this, Text is discussed on the front page of the Wikibook.<br>
<a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon#Oberon_Text" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon#Oberon_Text</a> <br>
A novice might catch that before abandoning Oberon. Suggestions <br>
to improve the section are welcome.<br>
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The compilers ignore niceties of typography. Building an Oberon <br>
system without changing the compiler and with strictly ASCII txt files <br>
is conceivable. An ETH Oberon derivative might attract significant <br>
attention. ... =8~)<br>
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Regards, ... Lyall E.<br>
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