--- ORIG/option.h	Thu Nov 22 23:10:21 2001
+++ option.h	Thu Nov 22 23:19:03 2001
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@
 # else
 #  define DFLT_FF	"unix"
 #  define DFLT_FFS_VIM	"unix,dos"
-#  define DFLT_FFS_VI	""
+#  if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__CYGWIN32__)
+#   define DFLT_FFS_VI	"unix,dos"	/* Cygwin always needs file detection */
+#  else
+#   define DFLT_FFS_VI	""
+#  endif
 #  define DFLT_TEXTAUTO	FALSE
 # endif
 #endif