<para>Next two panes show <guilabel>RO</guilabel> if file is protected and
file's EOL style
- ("<guilabel>DOS</guilabel>/<guilabel>UNIX</guilabel>/<guilabel>MAC</guilabel>").
+ ("<guilabel>Windows</guilabel>/<guilabel>Unix</guilabel>/<guilabel>Mac</guilabel>").
Note these two different ways to show EOL style. When per-line EOL style
is not remembered, EOL style is shown on own pane in statusbar. And when
per-line EOL style is remembered line's EOL style is shown after char
tabulators, line ends). This is very useful for example when there are
spaces in other file and tabulators in other. Also, if <guilabel>Preserve
original EOL chars</guilabel> is enabled, WinMerge shows type of EOL
- (<guilabel>DOS</guilabel>/<guilabel>UNIX</guilabel>/<guilabel>MAC</guilabel>).</para>
+ (<guilabel>Windows</guilabel>/<guilabel>Unix</guilabel>/<guilabel>Mac</guilabel>).</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
</sect3>
<sect3>
- <title>Ignore carriage return differences (DOS/UNIX/MAC)</title>
+ <title>Ignore carriage return differences (Windows/Unix/Mac)</title>
<para>If this option is not set WinMerge does not detect EOL style
differences as differences. If two lines differ only by EOL characters
- (e.g. DOS EOL and Unix EOL) WinMerge detects files as identical.</para>
+ (e.g. Windows EOL and Unix EOL) WinMerge detects files as identical.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
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<para>The example presents one simple text file with five lines of text.
- All lines, except third, are terminated with DOS style EOL (0D0A). Third
+ All lines, except third, are terminated with Windows style EOL (0D0A). Third
line has Unix style EOL (0D).</para>
<para>If <guilabel>Preserve original EOL chars</guilabel>-option is not
- set WinMerge determines file is meant to be DOS style file and converts
+ set WinMerge determines file is meant to be Windows style file and converts
third line's last bytes to 0D0A before comparing. Missing EOL char is
usually an error in file, so WinMerge is smart and fixes this error
instead of reporting it as a difference. That's right, WinMerge changes
user's file without telling about it to user. WinMerge also shows files
- EOL style as <guilabel>DOS</guilabel> in filecompare statusbar.</para>
+ EOL style as <guilabel>Windows</guilabel> in filecompare statusbar.</para>
<para>Advanced user might want to handle files without this automatic
fixing, file might be handled in systems with different EOL styles (e.g.
- Windows and Linux). In that case, user can set this option and see
+ Windows and Unix). In that case, user can set this option and see
WinMerge showing EOL style for every line.</para>
</sect3>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Maybe your files have different line-ending styles (e.g. DOS
- and UNIX?). WinMerge by default compares also line-ending styles,
+ <para>Maybe your files have different line-ending styles (e.g. Windows
+ and Unix?). WinMerge by default compares also line-ending styles,
but you can disable it from <menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>