[patch-readline] history file generation on minGW host

[Chet Ramey]

Denis PILAT wrote:

>> However, I think there's a better fix: teach readline to always remove
>> any CRs before an LF character, even on Posix platforms.  That way,
>> even if the history file was edited by some Windows editor that
>> doesn't honor the end-of-line format, it can still be read on any OS.
>> And as a bonus, we might get a cleaner code, without ugly OS-dependent
>> #ifdef's.
>>
>> Unless Chet and others disagree, would you like to prepare a patch
>> along these lines?
>>
> Yes, good idea, I'll prepare that for next week.

I'll wait for that one, then.

Chet


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