RE: cvs -- carriage return problems with cygwin 1.3.9 and interaction with setup's text file default

2002-02-15 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 03:08 AM 2/15/2002, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: particularly pointing out that some of the programs in the cygwin release will only work in DOS text mode if they were ever installed in DOS Text mode and wrote any files. It would also be helpful if there was a better explanation than

RE: cvs -- carriage return problems with cygwin 1.3.9 and interaction with setup's text file default

2002-02-14 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
[snip] I think it would be useful to update the cygwin faq with some well-chosen advice about how to deal with DOS vs. Unix text file formats, Oh man, let me do the honors: XX.XX HOW TO DEAL WITH THE WINDOWS VS UNIX VS MAC TEXT FILE FORMAT FIASCO 1. Track down the bastage who thought