[BUGS] search/replace - cr/lf (with joe)

[jonathan michaels]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 07:17:30PM +1000, Andrew Reilly wrote:
> 
> On 31/07/2008, at 16:50, Jerahmy Pocott wrote:
> 
> > It's kinda funny..
> >
> > OS9 uses CR
> 
> Really?  I thought that OS-9 was more or less a Unix clone.
> 
> Certainly Mac-OS versions before X all used CR.
> 
> >
> > Unix uses LF
> > Windows decided it would use both..
> 
> To be fair to Windows, many other systems before then also used both,  
> and both (actually explicitly CR,LF -- I'm not sure that anything uses  
> LF,CR) is the end-of-line marker in most line-oriented internet  
> protocols, like SMTP and Telnet.

it was to do with "emulating" (if thats teh right word ? ) of
teh teletype output device (i.e. the printinger 'screen') with
its then new device teh 'glass teletype' i.e teh monitor, also
called teh paperless printer in some circles.

what tehy were doing was converting teh way the computer put
characters  on teh teletype over to teh way teh printer would
display the output with a glass teletype attached in teh plase
of a printer-teletype come paperless printer.

hope this makes sence ..
 
> These days, any well-written program will happily tolerate any of the  
> conventions automatically.  Python does by default.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Andrew
> 

kind regards/appreciations

jonathan

 
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