[cvsnt] ascii/binary property

[David Somers]

patrick goovaerts wrote:

> Sorry, let's try to rephrase my question:
> 
> I know what binary files are, I know what ascii files are but what effect
> will it have when I change the ascii property to binary?
> What is the difference between the binary/ascii properties (beside of
> being ascii-text files and binary files)?

Binary files are stored in the rcs files in a different manner... you can't
diff them but they are stored as (efficient) deltas.

Greetings from (cold and wet*) Luxembourg

* wet as in 40 l/m2 in the past 12 hours!

David Somers
typographer/programmer/whatever