Text file gets messed up after opening in gedit

[vertimyst]

Hi,

I dual-boot Mint and WinXP. More recently, I've been doing more in XP than Mint, due to certain applications I need, so I've just been accessing my Linux file system within Windows.

I've noticed that every time I open a text file in Notepad (WinXP) that has been opened in gedit, the file's all messed up. Everything in it is all strung together in a single line, separated by a odd square character.

Does anyone know why this is happening? Does gedit use a different format than notepad? Is there a way to fix it?

Thanks in advance,

-Vert

[proxima_centauri]

http://www.heelana.com/Programs/Unix2Win/unix2win.html

from here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=387280

Cheers.

[vertimyst]

Thanks. I also noticed I can use a notepad replacement like Notepad++ (which I like better than notepad anyway).