Re: sed+windows/cygwin+newlines: improving documentation

[Assaf Gordon]

On 09/10/18 09:20 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Assaf Gordon <address@hidden>
[...]
> > > sounds like -b only affects writing with the 'w' and 'W' commands, I
> > > don't see where Sed switches its standard output to binary mode.  
> >
> > Correct, with the addition of -i/--inplace option should also respect
> > the write_mode when the temporary file is created:
> >
> > STDOUT is not affected in any case.
>
> OK, then this explains why the output from Sed always produces CRLF
> Windows EOL format.  The Sed manual clearly says:

Do you think it would be better to also make "-b" affect STDIN/STDOUT?
Making it consistent without strange exceptions?

I'll give it a shot and send a patch soon.