I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet in reference to the \r\n
question, but I know that VAX/VMS systems require both. It takes the
\n and moves to the next line but does not start at the left side
(merely wherever the cursor was previously at).
.02
Jeff
---Jourge Fuzz Bush <modem-burn@geocities.com> wrote:
>
> Are you sure windows and dos?
> Because I've used c++ made on a computer made in 1990 I think. And
I've
> used it in windows and dos and all it needs is a \n.
>
> Stephen Wolfe wrote:
> >
> > > > Just curious but I have a newbie question.
> > > > What does the \r do?
> > >
> > > If I recall my line termination sequences correctly, both of
these are
> > > from the age of teletypes, and the \n would (and still does)
move the
> > > cursor down one line (but retain its position in character #'s)
and the \r
> > > will actually return the cursor to the begining of the line.
> > >
> > > One without the other is messy :)
> >
> > as i'm sure someone else will say, unix text files only need the \n
> > (linefeed) at the end, whereas Windows (and DOS I think) use both
the
> > \r\n (carriage return followed by a linefeed). Having just a \n will
> > work just fine on unix, but a Windows system, it would simply drop
the
> > cursor 1 row down. In fact, having thr \r in unix files screws them
> > up..hence the need for the strip_string function that comes with
oasis..
> >
> > siv
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