From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Mitchell To: Ross Smith Cc: egcs@cygnus.com Subject: Re: including Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 04:26:00 -0000 Message-id: <199802112242.WAA18641@quickstep.stanford.edu> References: <199802111618.LAA15720@caip.rutgers.edu> <34E2432D.4191@nz.eds.com> X-SW-Source: 1998-02/msg00532.html >>>>> "Ross" == Ross Smith writes: Ross> Kaveh R. Ghazi wrote: >> Hmmm, I just checked the list archive and for some reason the >> file I submitted seems to have stripped all the include >> statements so they appear without the file its trying to >> include inside [angle > brackets]. Wierd... Ross> The list archive is returning the documents as HTML, but Ross> neglecting to replace less-than and greater-than (and maybe Ross> ampersand too, I haven't checked) with the appropriate Ross> entity codes. This is kind-of a feature. I actually suggested doing things this way early on because it means you can save (as source) a patch and patch your sources with it. If the '<' became '<' that wouldn't be possible. Perhaps the CVS server obsoletes this, but perhaps not; it's sometimes nice to be able to try out someone's patch, or assist them with it, before it's ready to be checked in. Ideally, of course, we'd have both... Ross> -- Ross Smith Ross> ............................. < mailto:ross.smith@nz.eds.com > Ross> Internet and New Media, EDS (New Zealand) Ltd., Wellington, Ross> New Zealand "Isn't it interesting that the same people who Ross> laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and Ross> economists?" -- Kelvin Throop III -- Mark Mitchell mmitchell@usa.net Stanford University http://www.stanford.edu