Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:28:51 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: To all of developers: please use .txt not .doc extension Message-ID: <20001126212851.A7391@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20001127022113 DOT 2016 DOT qmail AT web121 DOT yahoomail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <20001127022113.2016.qmail@web121.yahoomail.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 06:21:13PM -0800 On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 06:21:13PM -0800, Earnie Boyd wrote: >--- Jari Aalto wrote: >> >> I'm thankfull for the great effort everybody is making >> to get cygwin better and better. I just wanted to make an >> additional note, that, would all cygwin developers >> remember that the .doc file is associated to the Word and >> the prefered way to refer to text files is .txt >> > >The preferred method for reading text files in Cygwin is to use a pager such as >less or using read-only mode in an editor such as vim. IIRC, view is a >read-only mode for vim. Extention of .doc indicates to me that it is >documentation. I imagine that most of the doc files come straight from their respective packages, too. .doc files mean something different on UNIX than they do on Windows. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com