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Re: README
At 17:44 14/06/2002 +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 08:25:34AM -0400, Phil Griffin wrote:
> The readme.txt file appears as a single line of
> characters interspersed with black blobs when
> opened on a Windows box using the Notepad program.
Isn't Notepad an obsolete and mostly unmaintained program ?
yes.
The problem there will be that we on Unix platforms will get the
useless supplementary that inherit the algorithm of mechanic
typewriters :)
Maybe the best solution would be to provide a README.msdos with the
legacy linefeeds ?
Or carve it in stone ;-)
regards DaveP