From:	arlindo AT niteroi DOT gsfc DOT nasa DOT gov (Arlindo da Silva)
Subject:	Re: More on getting coolview-bash to work with emacs
9 Dec 1997 06:31:07 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<199712091414.JAA06709.cygnus.gnu-win32@woodmore.gsfc.nasa.gov>
References:	<01BD04A2 DOT 3B85F610 AT gater DOT krystalbank DOT msk DOT ru>
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To:	sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru (Sergey Okhapkin)
Cc:	ggp AT informix DOT com, "'Earnie AT prospect DOT com DOT ru, Boyd'"@prospect.com.ru,
	earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Sergey,

> 
> Cygwin.dll forces stdin/stdout/stderr to be opened in a binary mode when 
> connected to a non-tty devices. 

Is there a deeper reason why you had to enforce binary mode in such cases?
Would it make sense (is it possible) to make this feature user configurable?
This binary mode thing and bash has caused many people a lot of grief (and
e-mail traffic). Just a thought.

-- 
Arlindo da Silva    
dasilva AT alum DOT mit DOT edu


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