Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] CRLF
From: thomas (thomas@buttle.verlag.total)
Date: Thu Jun 25 1998 - 04:29:44 EDT
same with ps from quark-print ...
there also you should get rid of crlf-translation
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Jan Dockx wrote:
> An experience that is worth sharing:
>
> When first installing netatalk, I had a long talk with myself deciding
> whether or not to activate eol-translation (-DCRLF in afpd Makefile). I
> found no convincing reason to choose one or the other. Both seemed to have
> advantages and disadvantages, but none definite. There is no real problem
> when you use a text editor that deals with different file system standards
> transparently, like BBEdit, and will not put "anonymous" binaries on the
> server to be used by a Mac.
> I decided to enable translation, because it was the default in the package.
>
> Now I have a definite reason why it should _not_ be enabled: pdf files.
> Adobe Acrobat pdf files have TEXT/CARO as file type and creator, and get
> translated. But the format doesn't allow that: opening valid pdf files from
> a netatalk server with eol-translation enabled shows blank documents.
> So I advise you to disable the eol-translation, and advise distributionists
> to change the default.
>
> Jan
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