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Re: [bug-gawk] gawk stops reading input at SUB character
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arnold |
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Re: [bug-gawk] gawk stops reading input at SUB character |
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Wed, 13 Sep 2017 01:27:28 -0600 |
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Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> > From: address@hidden
> > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:18:32 -0600
> > Cc: address@hidden
> >
> > Should binary mode be the default?
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> No, of course not. As a native Windows program, Gawk should behave
> like all the other native programs which process text.
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> A ^Z character in the middle of a file on Windows _really_ means it's
> a binary file.
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> (Users who want Gawk on Windows to use binary I/O by default should
> use the Cygwin port of Gawk.)
OK, got it.