RE: Poll: do we really need newline conversion?

> I think by default text files should always just use LF for newlines, since
> most Windows based editors used by people who would use
> Subversion or CVS can handle the newline issue. In a mixed shop, this
> means no matter what type of OS you use, you always know what kind
> of newline you'll be facing and there's no surprises. In a Windows shop,
> you'll only have to either
> 1. Not use Notepad or some editors that can't handle LF for newlines.
> Or
> 2. Turn on newline conversion in your client (via a config file, environ
> variable, etc).
> So there'll be less work for every body.

        The point is that as a developer I may have tools that can hack the EOL
        madness. But files I provide in to my end users must work on their
        systems with their choice of tools. End users on windows use notepad.

                BArry

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Received on Sat Oct 21 14:36:52 2006