Change of string 1208 - (Automatic FTP transfer mode setting)

[petermad]

Currently the text in the Automatic FTP transfer mode setting dialog is:

1208="Transfer the following files in ASCII mode"

ANSI text files are not actually converted into ASCII , but the line feeds are converted from CRLF to LF, so I suggest a change of the string to:

1208="Transfer the following files in Unix mode"

or maybe:

1208="Transfer the following files in Unix mode (CRLF -> LF)"

[white]

ASCII mode in FTP refers to the standardized transfer format, not necessarily the final storage format. And the conversion is not always just about line endings. EBCDIC systems would perform conversions from and to the EBCDIC character set.

It works like this:

• The sender converts data from its internal format to a 8-bit ASCII format.
• Line endings are standardized to CRLF during transfer.
• The receiver then converts the data from this standardized format to its own internal format.

So the end result might not be conversion at all when transferring files from one system to another. And there could also be a conversion from or to the EBCDIC character set for example.

[petermad]

2white

Thanks for the clarification. Could you think of a better word than ASCII mode? As you can see, it mislead me, so probably also others.

[white]

Could you think of a better word than ASCII mode?

When connected to an FTP server, you can select the transfer above the file panel. You can select:

• Automatic mode (specified file types will be transferred using ASCII mode, binary mode is used for the rest)
• Binary mode
• Text mode (this is ASCII mode)

Since TC is calling it text mode, it would be consistent to call it that too in the dialog that pops up when you select Automatic mode.

[petermad]

Since TC is calling it text mode, it would be consistent to call it that too in the dialog that pops up when you select Automatic mode.

I think so too...

[JOUBE]

Keep your hands off that name. That's what it's called in FTP and everyone who knows it, knows what it means. Don't change it under any circumstances. Don't keep distroying the TC. If you have no idea about a topic, you should not say anything. And if you have no idea about something, you'd better not use it (or search the internet before using (and that is exactly the reason why it must continue to be called exactly that in the Tc)).

[white]

Moderator message from: white » 2025-01-17, 11:22 UTC

Keep your hands off that name. That's what it's called in FTP and everyone who knows it, knows what it means. Don't change it under any circumstances. Don't keep distroying the TC. If you have no idea about a topic, you should not say anything. And if you have no idea about something, you'd better not use it (or search the internet before using (and that is exactly the reason why it must continue to be called exactly that in the Tc)).

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