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Re: _FANNE_Cygwin_DEV_survey
>> Re text/binary: NOTEPAD is not a text editor. It is a
>> bug. NOTEPAD compatibility is not a valid concern. Seriously!
>> Why hang on to ancient conventions such as the distinction
>> between binary and text mode?
>> It is useless anyway. It _used_ to be like that if a file was
>> 'text', it was ASCII (aka ISO 646) text, and could be
>> transmitted safely through 7-bit channels.
>> That was long ago. Most of my 'text' files use 8-bit or 16-bit
>> character sets, and you have to know beforehand, 'cause the
>> file itself doesn't say what character set is used. I don't
>> want any automatic conversion of any characters, and I most
>> certainly don't want truncation at first ^Z.
>> Why should I want to open a file in 'text' mode? What if I run
>> a cygwin application to write a 'text' file that is part of a
>> MacOS application? I need three different record separators,
>> and I can't infer which to use just from what OS the
>> application is running on. BTW, this is an actual example of
>> what I use cygwin tools for.
Finally, somebody ... :-)
>> Kind regards
>> Peter Ring.
Volker
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