I wrote: > Is it reasonable to modify gpreconv or its Windows > port so that on Windows it will expect '\r\n'?
preconv(1) says: Trailing '-dos', '-unix', and '-mac' suffixes of coding tags (which give the end-of-line conven- tion used in the file) are stripped off before the comparison with the above tags happens. Why not pay heed to these suffixes instead of strip- ping them and always assuming '-unix', and assume '-dos' on Windows? -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments