> Exasperatingly, the standard basic TextEdit on Mac OS X doesn't show > the difference between Mac standard line-endings (CR), UNIX (LF) and > DOS (CR,LF).
Exasperatingly, only the UNIX developers bothered to read the ASCII standard which specified that if a single line terminating character is used, it should be line-feed. DOS has the excuse that it had to be compatible with CP/M which was kind of compatible with TOPS-20. Unfortunately DOS doesn't use CRLF as the terminator, it uses CR and ignores LF. This is compatible with CP/M but allows you to produce files that look really weird on TOPS. I recommend learning vi. -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
