Re: [Winmerge-support] Binary file??

[Kimmo V. <ki...@wi...>]

Hi,

> Why is the attached file a binary file?? "Win merge" says so... 
> <<Transfer.txt>>
> 
> Looks as a normal .txt to me...

The file contains many zero bytes in it. And WinMerge determines files 
containing zero bytes as binary files. Some editors just ignore those 
zeros and some convert them to spaces or line-ends. Depends on editor.

This is limitation in WinMerge 2.6.x releases. Latest 2.7.7.x 
experimental (testing) version has already a fix, and a better fix is in 
development. So next stable release will have this issue solved. 
Unfortunately, until then you have to use some advanced editor program 
to remove/replace those zero bytes.

> I made a "work-around":
> 
> I  "Copied all" content and created a new file (.txt) and inserted the 
> content - then it worked to use the new file together with "Win-merge" 
> (not longer at binary file...)
> 
> Strange?

The program you used to copy/paste apparently replaced zero bytes with 
something else, probably by spaces.

Regards,
Kimmo