From: cgf AT bbc DOT com (Christopher Faylor) Subject: Re: Why text=binary mounts 10 Jan 1998 22:10:51 -0800 Message-ID: References: <1 DOT 5 DOT 4 DOT 16 DOT 19980110041337 DOT 3a17522c AT fox DOT nstn DOT ca> Reply-To: cgf AT bbc DOT com To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In article <1 DOT 5 DOT 4 DOT 16 DOT 19980110041337 DOT 3a17522c AT fox DOT nstn DOT ca>, Tony Pires wrote: >I would like to add my voice to the growing chorus. Native mode text files >is the only choice that makes sense. I get the impression that the gurus >hate to convert their text files before starting to do their magic. It is not that we hate converting text files. It is really that many of us have an unaccountable fear of the \r character. Brrrr... I'm getting chills just typing it. -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf AT bbc DOT com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".