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Date:	Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:17:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Gerald Shapiro <gshapiro AT his DOT com>
To:	Fred Rathke <comrat AT hotmail DOT com>
cc:	"news: cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Windows can edit cygwin-files?
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I am still on win95, being a cheap b****d. Editing text files using
windows tools is generally not a problem, but be careful if you edit a
Makefile . Some windows editors will do you the 'favor' of translating the
tabs to spaces, making the file unusable by make.

gerald


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