At 05:08 PM 11/15/2001, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 08:45:48AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > > > >=== > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 6:21 AM > >Subject: Re: indent.exe strangeness > > > > > >> On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 11:19:12PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > >>>>What about a patch that would fopen() every file in binmode and write > >>>>it back according to the mount? > >>> > >>>I think that textmode.o is the correct tool rather than a patch - >read > >>>every file in textmode (they are source after all :]) and write in > >>>textmode. > >> > >>No. That would end up putting CRLF on every file. I doubt that people > >>with binmode mounts would be pleased. > > > >They shouldn't care if all the text process tools have been ported > >correctly. Thats the whole point of textmode and binmode ain't it? > >Well, *I* care if a system which purports to emulate linux outputs >text files with CRLF line endings with no way to control this. > >I would think that someone who is using binmode defaults would prefer >that their files not be translated from LF to CRLF line endings. That >would bypass the whole point of the mount settings. It would mean >that if you were trying to share files with UNIX, you'd have to >run the files through a "strip the CR" converter. > >Maybe you could say the same thing for people who have text files in >MS-DOS format. I'm sure that there is some other bit of crucial >software out there that croaks unless it is fed a text file with CRLF >endings but it is certainly not going to be a UNIX program. > >As I said, the last I heard this was only an issue for notepad. >Although, I will admit to the horrifying possibility that it is all >versions of notepad, not just older versions.
At the risk of this becoming a "me too" message, I agree with Chris on the text/binary issue here. As far as Notepad goes, it is apparently one application that MS refuses to fix and also refuses to stop delivering! ;-) Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
