[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. Is "crlf" a replacement for "newline newline" ? No, it is not. REBOL's newline is just LF. > 2. Is "crlf" a Windows convention vs. *nix? Sort of. CRLF is used in most Internet protocol too as line terminator. Mac just use CRs AFAIK, while all other platforms that I know of just except MS-DOS/Windows use LFs. > 3. When should I be concerned to make sure I parse by "crlf" as well as > "newline"? If you are reading data with REBOL without using the /BINARY refinement, you always get REBOL's newlines. (REBOL automatically converts any CR or CRLF to just LF.) You have to worry about line termination only if you're using the /BINARY refinement but you're transferring a text file. HTH, Gabriele. -- Gabriele Santilli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Amigan - REBOL Programmer Amiga Group Italia sez. L'Aquila -- http://www.amyresource.it/AGI/