In article <mailman.773.1258787463.2873.python-l...@python.org>, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:22:22 -0800, Scott David Daniels ><scott.dani...@acm.org> declaimed the following in >gmane.comp.python.general: >> >> If you've actually typed on a physical typewriter, you know that moving >> the carriage back is a distinct operation from rolling the platen >> forward; both operations are accomplished when you push the carriage >> back using the bar, but you know they are distinct. > > Of course, if you are describing a /real/ /manual/ typewriter, you >would rapidly discover that the sequence is <lf><cr> -- since pushing >the bar would often trigger the line feed before it would slide the >carriage to the right.
Often, but not always; it certainly was possible on most typewriters to return the carriage without a line feed -- and occasionally desirable for overstrike. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ The best way to get information on Usenet is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
