Suggestion regarding Windows builds

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bl0ckeduser
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Suggestion regarding Windows builds

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I've noticed that in the latest snes9x release (1.53), the readme and license .txt files are not in DOS/Windows text format, but in Unix format. As a consequence, when they are opened in Notepad -- which is the default Windows behaviour for opening .txt files -- the newlines are garbled:


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Having them in DOS/Windows format would no doubt make the Windows build more {noob,user}-friendly :D
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Thanks, I didn't even notice since my default text editor reads both. I'll try to remember it for the next release ;)
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in the interim, can't you use WordPad to open it? That's what I always do when I get garbage characters in a text file when Notepad won't work...
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adventure_of_link wrote:in the interim, can't you use WordPad to open it? That's what I always do when I get garbage characters in a text file when Notepad won't work...
Yes, I also do this.
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bl0ckeduser wrote:
adventure_of_link wrote:in the interim, can't you use WordPad to open it? That's what I always do when I get garbage characters in a text file when Notepad won't work...
Yes, I also do this.
Good. :) writing up a new FAQ now...

also hope ya don't mind but I'm gonna use your pic as an example..
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Post by Camo_Yoshi »

If you don't like Wordpad (like me), check out Notepad++ or PSPad. (I like PSPad better, personally.)
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