Mac-to-Windows Mobile sucks

[danceswithgary]

I have officially spent too much time being pissed off about people using not-so-smart quotes and auto-replacing with special characters, inconsistent character encoding across websites, and the difficulty of transferring simple text files from my Mac to my PDA.

I'm going to ignore the hundreds of files I've saved over the past two months that I now have to open and re-save with the 'correct' encoding for my PDA and attempt to finish the two challenge fics due by the 10th. My writers block is bad enough without my usual obsessive need to solve software problems. *rolls eyes at self*


In other news, I'm alive - if not exceeding well - and the puppies are doing wonderfully in obedience class. The need to take them for daily walks in the park to reinforce their lessons and their socialization is good because that means I get off my ever-expanding ass and move my aching body very slowly for an hour every day. My 10-year-old niece arrives this weekend from NC to stay for two weeks, which should prove a nice distraction (and means I really need to finish the stories NOW).

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[me_ya_ri]

Since I got my Kindle I've decided that smart quotes are evil. Now whenever I see them (like on my really old writing) I wince and have to go fix it on the spot. Seeing them in stories I'm downloading always kills me so you're definitely not alone on that front.

Good luck!!! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with! :D

8D Puppies! *snuggles them* Good to hear that they're doing well.

*hugs*

[danceswithgary]

It was aggravating on my PC, but fairly easy to correct with some fast Find/Replace on my PC so that the PDA was happy. The default character encoding was also consistent between Windows Notepad and Word Mobile. Add in Mac's TextEdit and the ability to use 'Automatic' to open and save files and encoding becomes a nightmare if you forget to check before you save. Worse, there's no way I've found to just query on a saved file's encoding, so I literally have to open and resave everything to make sure it's readable on my PDA. I've tipped Google upside down and shaken it for an easier solution, but I seem to be the only one dealing with this particular issue.

I'd stomp my feet in frustration, but it would hurt too much. :-(