This has historical reasons:
UNIX like operating systems only use a "New Line" Byte
at the end of each written line, while DOS based operating
systems such as Windows use two bytes:
a "New Line" plus "Carriage Return".
So if you read a text file that was saved on a UNIX like
operating system
So could that be why when I copy and paste things, it looks screwed up?
Sometimes I want to copy something off a website, and when I paste it into a
form and/or IRC it looks really messed up. For instance,
This:
a "New Line" plus "Carriage Return".
So if you read a text file that was saved
I find that, in Windows, WordPad reads them just fine ...
Anthony Huereca wrote:
So could that be why when I copy and paste things, it looks screwed up?
Sometimes I want to copy something off a website, and when I paste it into a
form and/or IRC it looks really messed up. For instance,
