On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 22:39 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Thursday 09 February 2006 22:05, Ned Ludd wrote:
> > I would like to see it drop the tab handling for indicating newlines
> > and just use a real newlines when we want a newline.
> >
> > While having the tabs makes it easier for people to read it increases
> > the byte size and adds some undesired complexity for admins, scripts &
> > programs which want to utilize the file. A basic grep or sort would
> > probably be more than a one liner when having to deal with the
> > newline+tabs.
> 
> umm, i'm 99% sure you read it wrong ... the lines were wrapped in the GLEP to 
> help you read it, the actual file format will not be like that

I hope that is is the case.

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