Re: [Mingw-users] mingw-get release notes suggestion

[Steve C. <ste...@gm...>]

On 06/17/2010 05:51 PM, Keith Marshall wrote:
> On Thursday 17 June 2010 20:46:38 Steve Chapel wrote:
>    
>> In trying to figure out how to use mingw-get, I ran into a slight
>> problem with the release notes. It seems that the current mingw-get
>> release notes use the Unix linefeed format. When I tried to view
>> them by using my browser's helper application (Notepad), all the
>> lines were run on. I was able to download the release notes and
>> view them in Notepad++, but this seemed like an unnecessary extra
>> step.
>>
>> I mention this because probably many others will run into this
>> problem. Could the release notes be changed to use DOS linefeed
>> format?
>>      
> Sure, when I get a round tuit; damned nuisance though, since I do all
> my development on *nix, where CRLF is non-standard.
>
> But, why do you want to *download* the release notes anyway?  Use the
> icon next to each and every file to which they relate, and *view*
> them directly in the browser, the way SF intend them to be used.
>
>    
Using the new download user interface, I don't see any icon. Just now, 
on Linux, I clicked on the release notes again and I don't even get the 
*option* to view the file or open it with a helper app. I *must* 
download the file and then manually view it. If there's any way to link 
to the release notes so that they are viewed directly in the browser, 
please let me know!

Steve