Why text=binary mounts

[Christopher Faylor]

In article < 1.5.4.16.19980110041337.3a17522c@fox.nstn.ca >,
Tony Pires  <t_pires@fox.nstn.ca> wrote:
>I would like to add my voice to the growing chorus.  Native mode text files
>is the only choice that makes sense.  I get the impression that the gurus
>hate to convert their text files before starting to do their magic.

It is not that we hate converting text files.  It is really that many of
us have an unaccountable fear of the \r character.

Brrrr...  I'm getting chills just typing it.
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