Tool to handle .lin files

[Blackened]

From time to time I need to select some deals from the tournaments I played and combine them into one .lin file. I can of course select each deal in web version and save it to my favorites, but that's not always convenient. I also find it difficult to save any specific hand as .lin file. Is there a tool out there to streamline this and similar process?

[inquiry]

Lin files are simple plain text files. You can open them with any word processor, or better yet notepad in windows. Add to them together and re-save them. Or delete hands you don't want to have. Be sure to save them as *.lin files not some default of the program you used like *.txt (under notepad).

 

If you are interested in the vugraph thing at the beginning of the file, adding hands to it is just a little trickier, but can be done in the text mode using notepad.

[Blackened]

Thanks, Ben. I'm aware that .lin files are text files. I'm also aware that I can handle them with a bit of work. I was just wondering whether someone had a tool that can handle things without hassle. (In a way, we don't need the Hand Editor in web version, all can be done via notepad; but it is much easier with the editor.) Thanks anyway.

[Free]

if it's just merging the files, you can quickly write a little program to do it for you.

[paulg]

Have you tried using the free Double Dummy solver from http://www.bridgecaptain.com/downloadDD.html. This can download your hands from BBO.