Re^3: paragraph mode and <DATA>

ikegami:

I did the whole song and dance because it's not enough to simply run it on Windows. When I reproduced it, I was running on Windows Vista. While the most common Windows builds (ActiveState & Strawberry) wouldn't have given this problem, there are builds (such as the one I use, cygwin) which act more like a unix version.

Since I use an editor that doesn't add "\r" to the line ends, I don't normally encounter this issue, but I've encountered it a few times, and am sensitized to look for it.

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

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Re^4: paragraph mode and <DATA> by Anonymous Monk on Mar 13, 2011 at 06:24 UTC
cygwin isn't windows -- you can run it on windows, but you know its unix emulation, not windows	[reply]
Re^5: paragraph mode and <DATA> by roboticus (Chancellor) on Mar 13, 2011 at 06:44 UTC
While it does provide many of the unix capabilities, it's still Windows. (Think of it as Windows++). It gives you many of the advantages of unix, and it doesn't preclude you from using the Windows capabilities. Around here, it's a commonly used perl on Windows boxes, even for people not running bash, vim and such. ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]
Re^6: paragraph mode and <DATA> by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 13, 2011 at 07:07 UTC
While it does provide many of the unix capabilities, it's still Windows. By which definition??? It doesn't use the Windows API. It doesn't know anything about Windows. An Atari game doesn't run on Windows even if I run an Atari emulator on Windows.	[reply]
Cygwin = Windows + 0.75*unix by roboticus (Chancellor) on Mar 13, 2011 at 13:56 UTC
Re: Cygwin = Windows + 0.75*unix by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 13, 2011 at 18:16 UTC
Re^4: paragraph mode and <DATA> by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 13, 2011 at 07:02 UTC
I have no idea why you're claiming that a programs running in a unix emulator (e.g. cygwin) is running on Windows, or what your point you're trying to make in the process. Since I use an editor that doesn't add "\r" to the line ends, I don't normally encounter this issue, but I've encountered it a few times, and am sensitized to look for it. Indeed. Windows and unix use different line endings for text files. One must account for that when accessing a from the other system (be it via FTP, SMB or Cygwin).	[reply]