Article:		TextEdit's Default Format: RTF... Why?
Subject:		RTFD
Date:		2005-10-19 05:50:14
From:		z2
Response to: RTFD
Just tried it and, yes, MacOS X can open all of NeXT RTFD files just fine, including transparent rendering of EPS (Encapsulated PostScript with no previews) graphics. Beautiful! This wasn't possible when MacOS X 1.0 came out, as it did not have EPS converter then. Congrats and thanks to NeXT, ...um, Apple developers for making this possible without fanfare.

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• RTFD
  2005-11-15 05:34:20  leeg [View]
  
  
  I finally ditched all my NeXT Mail mailboxes around 10.2, but until that point Apple Mail could read (but not compose) NeXT's rich text mail format (a tar'ed rtfd sent as a MIME part) too. However, as for why TextEdit's default format is RTF (when it should obviously be plain text), I have no idea.

• RTFD
  2005-10-19 05:55:55  Giles Turnbull | [View]
  
  
  Heh, a happy result.