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Re: README

From: Dave Pawson <davep at dpawson dot freeserve dot co dot uk>
To: docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 17:50:06 +0100
Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: README
References: <3D09E0BE.6F5B3312@asn-1.com> <3D09E0BE.6F5B3312@asn-1.com>

At 17:44 14/06/2002 +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:

On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 08:25:34AM -0400, Phil Griffin wrote:
> The readme.txt file appears as a single line of
> characters interspersed with black blobs when
> opened on a Windows box using the Notepad program.

Isn't Notepad an obsolete and mostly unmaintained program ?

yes.

The problem there will be that we on Unix platforms will get the
useless supplementary that inherit the algorithm of mechanic
typewriters :)

Maybe the best solution would be to provide a README.msdos with the
legacy linefeeds ?

Or carve it in stone ;-)

regards DaveP

References:
- README
  - From: Phil Griffin
- Re: README
  - From: Yann Dirson

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