Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/09/17/22:54:34
Carlo Florendo wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>>
>> I think this is getting a little off-track. Another option just
>> means another
>> area for people who don't understand what's going on to trip and fall
>> and then
>> come and bug the list as a result. IMO, there's already such an
>> option, even
>> without changing bash. It's called 'd2u'. Let's not over-think and
>> over-do
>> things here. There's pain involved in that too. I'm not convinced
>> that it's
>> worth the pain to all for the benefit of a few. Of course, I firmly
>> believe
>> that what can and will be done here is Eric's call. He's the one
>> that will be
>> maintaining it.
>>
>
> You've got the keyverb: overdo
>
> We've already got d2u. There is a point in making bash scripts work
> with CRLF endings but at the expense of a slower and a little bit
> larger bash, I think. (If I'm wrong here, I'm sorry, I haven't seen
> bash's code.)
>
> d2u is much simpler. For the sake of simplicity and elegance, let's
> go d2u.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Carlo
>
This was an old thread. Sorry for the late reply. I didn't check the
dates.
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Carlo Florendo
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Astra Philippines Inc. (www.astra.ph)
Member of the Astra Group (www.astra.co.jp)
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