Palm to Android via Linux

[Meir Michanie]

Hi Shlomo,
Android only uses the LINUX kernel. I was going to say that if your
question is not relatyed to the kernel, then it is an android question
and it is out of topic.
Or not?
If I have a question on running something on Debian GNU/Hurd is my
question out of topic?
If I use PCBSD and I have a question related to kde or gnome, is my
question out of topic?
If I have a question about configuring my linksys or d-link router
that runs a linux kernel, is my question out of topic?


On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Shlomo Solomon <shlomo.solomon at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm having a strange problem moving some memo files from my Palm Zire to a new
> Android phone. Since 2 of the 3 platforms I'm using are Linux (my PC and my
> phone), I think this is on-topic - so long as we don't get into an arguement
> about whether Android is really Linux or not ;-).
>
> 1 - I used jpilot to export Palm memo files to text files
> 2 - the files look fine in a Linux text editor (Kwrite, Kate, etc)
> 3 - I used Dropbox to move the files to my phone
> 4 - When I open the files on the phone (with various editors), there are
> strange line breaks (seem to be random - between words, in the middle of a
> word or even after each letter) - like this:
> This is a tes
> t to show
> an exa
> m
> p
> l
> e
> 5 - I tried opening the files in Open Office (in Linux) and saving as .odt and
> again copied to the phone with dropbox
> 6 - The Android Open Office reader app now reads the files properly.
>
> Any ideas why the original text files show this behaviour?
>
> BTW - when I opened the files in Open Office (in Linux), I checked to see if
> there were un-printable characters, but that doesn't seem to be the problem. I
> even looked at the files in hexedit to see if there were any unusual
> characters, but found nothing unusual.
>
> --
> Shlomo Solomon
> http://the-solomons.net
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