2004-02-19 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>

* cygwinenv.sgml: Remove incorrect ^Z information. Add
	some tags to server option description.
	* textbinary.sgml: Remove incorrect ^Z information.
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Joshua Daniel Franklin 2004-02-20 07:26:16 +00:00
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2004-02-19 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
* cygwinenv.sgml: Remove incorrect ^Z information. Add
some tags to server option description.
* textbinary.sgml: Remove incorrect ^Z information.
2004-02-16 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* cygwinenv.sgml: Add server option description.

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@ -139,8 +139,13 @@ time and when handles are inherited. Defaults to set.</para>
<para><envar>(no)server</envar> - if set, allows client applications
to use the Cygserver facilities. This option must be enabled explicitely
on the client side, otherwise your applications won't be able to use the
XSI IPC function calls (msgget, semget, shmget and friends) successfully.
These function calls will return with ENOSYS, "Bad system call".</para>
XSI IPC function calls (<function>msgget</function>,
<function>semget</function>, <function>shmget</function>, and friends)
successfully. These function calls will return with
<literal>ENOSYS</literal>, "Bad system call".
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><envar>(no)strip_title</envar> - if set, strips the directory
part off the window title, if any. Default is not set.</para>
</listitem>
@ -156,9 +161,9 @@ nostrip_title</literal>.</para>
<para><envar>(no)tty</envar> - if set, Cygwin enables extra support
(i.e., termios) for UNIX-like ttys.
It is not compatible with some Windows programs.
Defaults to not set, in which case the tty is opened in text mode
with ^Z as EOF. Note that this has been changed such that ^D works as
expected instead of ^Z, and is settable via stty.
Defaults to not set, in which case the tty is opened in text mode.
Note that this has been changed such that ^D works as
expected instead of ^Z, and is settable via <command>stty</command>.
This option must be specified before starting a Cygwin shell
and it cannot be changed in the shell.</para>
</listitem>

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exactly what's in the file on disk and the converse is true for writing.
The situation is different in the DOS/Windows world where a file can
be opened in one of two modes, binary or text. In the binary mode the
system behaves exactly as in UNIX. However in text mode there are
major differences:</para>
<OrderedList Numeration="Loweralpha" Spacing="Compact">
<listitem>
<para>
On writing in text mode, a NL (\n, ^J) is transformed into the
sequence CR (\r, ^M) NL.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
On reading in text mode, a CR followed by an NL is deleted and a ^Z
character signals the end of file.</para>
</listitem>
</OrderedList>
system behaves exactly as in UNIX. However on writing in text mode, a
NL (\n, ^J) is transformed into the sequence CR (\r, ^M) NL.
</para>
<para>This can wreak havoc with the seek/fseek calls since the number
of bytes actually in the file may differ from that seen by the
@ -140,9 +129,8 @@ should work well in the default mode. </para>
Windows programs, since Windows programs will usually use the CRLF
format. Unfortunately you may still have some problems with text
mode. First, some of the utilities included with Cygwin do not yet
specify binary mode when they should, e.g. <command>cat</command> will
not work with binary files (input will stop at ^Z, CRs will be
introduced in the output). Second, you will introduce CRs in text
specify binary mode when they should.
Second, you will introduce CRs in text
files you write, which can cause problems when moving them back to a
UNIX system. </para>