Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 17:20:39 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <199809152120.RAA08510@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: auto-binary-mode?
Precedence: bulk


Hey, I just had an idea.  When a file is opened and the first block is
read in, if the user didn't specify binary or text, why not look at
the data and try to guess?  The presence of null, control, or certain
8-bit characters should indicate binary vs text as a default.