Re: [SLUG] Newlines - was Re: Comsec behaving badly

2007-10-08 Thread Matthew Hannigan
> Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > >>Common confusion/misconception is that \n refers to LF only. [ .. ] On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 09:12:35PM +1000, Jeremy Portzer wrote: > As I stated, \n (or "newline") and LF (ASCII 10) are NOT precisely the > same thing. [ .. ] You appear to be in violent agreement.

[SLUG] Newlines - was Re: Comsec behaving badly

2007-10-08 Thread Jeremy Portzer
Jamie Wilkinson wrote: Jeremy Portzer wrote: Common confusion/misconception is that \n refers to LF only. This is not always the case-usually it refers to the portable "newline" that gets expanded to the proper characters depending on platform or context. Over the wire, it is just newline