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Re: Unix/DOS text mode?


On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 09:10:48AM -0600, Joshua wrote:
>     Corinna,
> 
>     Thanks for the enlightenment.  Regarding your statement, 'These files
> must be in binary mode on Cygwin regardless of the bin/textmode of the
> underlying mount point.', what files are you referring to?  I would
> understand if the Cygwin files, ie config files in /etc need to be binary,
> but are you saying that Cygwin needs to deal with all files (like
> /cygwin/c/autoexec.bat) in a binary mode?  Or could the vim packaged with
> Cygwin be set to autodetect the binary/text type?  My understanding of how
> vim/gvim worked was that it would detect the binary/text type and preserve
> the type when you edit save the file.  BCNU//jle

It does recognize bin/text, just not for script files as .vimrc.
These must be binmode (LF, not CRLF lineending).

Corinna

> From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
> To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:28:25 +0100
> Subject: Re: Unix/DOS text mode?
> References: <000f01c17193$e7b4c6c0$2ae61718@bdfrd1.tx.home.com>
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> 
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 01:20:59AM -0600, Joshua wrote:
> >     Hmm, I've noticed this difference between the PC version of vim/gvim
> > versus the vim that comes with cygwin.  Using the PC version, vim/gvim
> seems
> > to be able to tell whether you're opening a unix file or a PC file and
> > display/edit appropriately.
> >
> >     I tried copying my _vimrc from my PC installation to .vimrc in my home
> > directory, but that doesn't do the trick.  I figured it was either a
> switch
> > in vimrc or something to do with the mounts themselves.  BCNU//jle
> 
> The Cygwin vim has the same ability to recognize Unix/DOS files
> as the Windows native version.  After a discussion with Bram Moolenaar
> he decided not to add that recognition to the vim script files
> as .vimrc.  These files must be in binary mode on Cygwin regardless
> of the bin/textmode of the underlying mount point.
> 
> Corinna
> 
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