Hi All Scan2 has several Linux users and has no problems with them. Don't abandon him/her you can transfer to Scan2 if it would be easier. The problem lies with the end of line indication in the files. At 04/05/2009 09:05 AM, Richard Oliver wrote: >A new recruit to my Syndicate, quite promising in all other >respects, has a computer operating with Linux (whatever that may be) >and is using "LinBMD" for transcribing. I have normal Windows >Vista and WinBMD. > >The upshot is that I am unable to open a file sent to me for >checking, and cannot use BMDVerify on it. Can anyone suggest a >solution for this incompatibility, or must I tell the person >concerned to get lost? > >Richard Oliver >Syndicate Co-ordinator >Madrid, Spain >richol@arrakis.es > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Cheers Derek Derek C Hopkins, Phone +1(450)678-7768 6640, Biarritz, Fax +1(450)678-4252 Brossard, E-Mail derek.hopkins@sympatico.ca QC, Canada, J4Z-2A2. ==== FreeBMD - England and Wales - Birth - Marriage and Death Transcriptions <http://FreeBMD.rootsweb.com> ==== Check out FreeBMD Scan2 Syndicate page (revised daily) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.ca/scan2.html ==== Check out QFHS Marriage Transcription Project page (revised daily) (Quebec Family History Society) Please bookmark our new home http://www.scan2.ca/qfhs.html Check out Abney Park Indexing Project (revised 14 MAR 2008, 195,000 names) <http://scan2.ca/nlisa .html> Check out the Quebec Family History web page <http://www.qfhs.ca/index.html>