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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 13:35:52 -0500
To: Chuck Irvine <crirvine AT everestkc DOT net>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Why choice between unix and dos line endings?
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At 09:10 PM 2/14/2004, Chuck Irvine you wrote:
>Something I've never been able to figure out is why Cygwin offers to
>install with the choice of either dos or unix line endings. The way I
>see it is that using dos line endings allows for good integration with
>native windows apps. I can see no advantage of using unix line endings,
>though I guess there must be one otherwise the option wouldn't be
>offered. Can any one shed some light on this. Thanks
>
>Chuck


By definition, there's only 1 reason to choose UNIX over DOS as an 
installation option.  It facilitates the use of packages that have not been 
completely/properly ported to Windows.  If you want maximum compatibility 
with UNIX apps, choose UNIX.  Otherwise, choose DOS.  Practically, this 
boils down to the fact that you'll run into less trouble overall (whether 
using Windows or Cygwin apps) with the UNIX setting.  But there are certain 
usage patterns that make it reasonable to offer the option.  So the 
recommendation here is to use UNIX unless you know of a reason you need to 
do otherwise.



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