Re: [MiNT] SV: Bug: xa_boot.log has unix line-endings

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:36:29 , Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no> wrote:
> > From: Adam Klobukowski [adamklobukowski@gmail.com]
> > Sent: 2012-11-23 11:19:24 CET
> > To: Miro Kropá?ek [miro.kropacek@gmail.com]
> > Cc: Eero Tamminen [oak@helsinkinet.fi], MiNT Mailing List [mint@lists.fis
> hpool.fi]
> > Subject: Re: [MiNT] Bug: xa_boot.log has unix line-endings
> >
> >
> > No, it is not the most comfortable solution. For me, using Qed in such
> > situation is way more comfortable.
>
> But not necessarily available. And it doesn't make sense to render the buil
> t-in fileviewer in TOS useless for purely philosophical reasons.
>
> > IMO, CRLF is evil ;)
>
> That's quite another issue that doesn't have to be debated here ;) I don't
> see the problem in using CRLF in the kernel and AES logs. After all, both M
> iNT itself and XaAES reads CRLF config files already, so why insist on "uni
> x-mode" here? As I said, it doesn't matter what kind of file format people
> prefer their user programs to use. But the kernel and the AES must provide
> logs and docs that can be read by TOS.
>
> I have a feeling that this is more about what's cool (if unix does it then
> it must be cool) than what's practical.
>
> Jo Even
>
>

I am most definately with Jo Even on this. I only ever use unix line ends
where they absolutely have to be used, just to keep things simple.

It's a TOS computer running Mint.

Regards,

Peter