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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" <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
> >To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> >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! ;-)



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