Re: Why choice between unix and dos line endings?

2004-02-15 Thread Jan Bruun Andersen
Chuck Irvine wrote: I can see no advantage of using unix line endings, though I guess there must be one otherwise the option wouldn't be offered. Can any one shed some light on this. Thanks Let me give you an example. I work as an consultant, currently managing and doing system administration for

Re: Why choice between unix and dos line endings?

2004-02-15 Thread Larry Hall
At 09:10 PM 2/14/2004, Chuck Irvine you wrote: >Something I've never been able to figure out is why Cygwin offers to >install with the choice of either dos or unix line endings. The way I >see it is that using dos line endings allows for good integration with >native windows apps. I can see no adva

Re: Why choice between unix and dos line endings?

2004-02-15 Thread Ken Thompson
At 09:10 PM 2/14/2004, you wrote: Something I've never been able to figure out is why Cygwin offers to install with the choice of either dos or unix line endings. The way I see it is that using dos line endings allows for good integration with native windows apps. I can see no advantage of using un

Re: Why choice between unix and dos line endings?

2004-02-14 Thread Steven Hartland
4 2:10 AM Subject: Why choice between unix and dos line endings? > Something I've never been able to figure out is why Cygwin offers to > install with the choice of either dos or unix line endings. The way I > see it is that using dos line endings allows for good integration with

Why choice between unix and dos line endings?

2004-02-14 Thread Chuck Irvine
Something I've never been able to figure out is why Cygwin offers to install with the choice of either dos or unix line endings. The way I see it is that using dos line endings allows for good integration with native windows apps. I can see no advantage of using unix line endings, though I guess th