roger.carruthers

Looking through my folder of patches copy/pasted from the list, there are

one or two that will only open as text; even if I try to copy the text and

select 'new from clipboard' they still open as text.

When opened as as text, I can see nothing that distinguishes those that

will open as patches from those that wont, and both types have the same

Examining them with InfoDrop, I see that the file type and creator of both

types is 'TEXT' and 'max2', but there is one difference; one's 'Magic Type'

is shown as being 'data', whereas the other is shown as being 'ASCII text,

with CR line terminators' - it's the latter that will open as patches.

(interestingly, I just downloaded a newer version of InfoDrop which gives

both files' Magic Type as 'Max Binary File')

So wtf is the 'Magic Type', and is it significant here, and - most

importantly - how can I get the 'text only' files to open as Max patches ?

Looking through my folder of patches copy/pasted from the list, there are
one or two that will only open as text; even if I try to copy the text and
select 'new from clipboard' they still open as text.
 When opened as as text, I can see nothing that distinguishes those that
will open as patches from those that wont, and both types have the same
icon, .pat extension etc.
 Examining them with InfoDrop, I see that the file type and creator of both
types is 'TEXT' and 'max2', but there is one difference; one's 'Magic Type'
is shown as being 'data', whereas the other is shown as being 'ASCII text,
with CR line terminators' - it's the latter that will open as patches.
(interestingly, I just downloaded a newer version of InfoDrop which gives
both files' Magic Type as 'Max Binary File')
 So wtf is the 'Magic Type', and is it significant here, and - most
importantly - how can I get the 'text only' files to open as Max patches ?
Cheers
Roger

Problem opening some patches pasted from list