Palm to Android via Linux

[Shlomo Solomon]

As I already wrote, I don't want to get into an arguement about what is or 
isn't LINUX, and I think the examples Meir gave illustrate why. In any case, 
since I used jpilot, kwrite and OpenOffice (all Linux programs) to transfer 
the files from Palm to Android, I think I'm OK.

BUT - that being said, I'm beginning to think that this is an Android problem 
and I will look for a more appropriate forum. In case anyone is interested, 
the reason I've come to that conclusion is that the files also look OK when I 
go directly to the Dropbox site. 

While on the topic of Dropbox, I was pleasantly surprised to see that Hebrew 
characters in the files I created in Linux are also fine. I was even more 
surprised that the built-in file browser on the Dropbox site also handles 
Hebrew Open Office (.odt) files. 



On Wednesday, June 01, 2011, Meir Michanie wrote:
> 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.
> > 
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