+2002-12-18 Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+ * overview2.sgml: Remove CTRL-Z discussion.
+ * cygwinenv.sgml: Expand on CYGWIN=binmode.
+
2002-11-10 Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
* how-programming.texinfo: Document _WIN32 more fully.
<listitem>
<para><FirstTerm>(no)binmode</FirstTerm> - if set, non-disk
(e.g. pipe and COM ports) file opens default to binary mode
-(no CR/LF/Ctrl-Z translations) instead of text mode.
-Defaults to set (binary mode). This option must be set
-before starting a Cygwin shell to have an effect on redirection.
+(no CRLF translation) instead of text mode. Defaults to set (binary
+mode). By default, devices are opened in binary mode, so this option
+has little effect on normal cygwin operations.
+
+It does affect two things, however. For non-NTFS filesystems, this
+option will control the line endings for standard output/input/error
+for redirection from the Windows command shell. It will also affect
+the default translation mode of a pipe, although most shells set the
+pipe to binary by default.
</para>
<warning><title>Warning!</title><para>If set in 12/98 b20.1, all files
always open in binary mode.</para></warning>
<para>Unfortunately, UNIX and Win32 use different end-of-line terminators in
text files. Consequently, carriage-return newlines have to be translated on
-the fly by Cygwin into a single newline when reading in text mode. The
-control-z character is interpreted as a valid end-of-file character for a
-similar reason.</para>
+the fly by Cygwin into a single newline when reading in text mode.</para>
<para>This solution addresses the compatibility requirement at the expense of
violating the POSIX standard that states that text and binary mode will be