--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alex Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm afraid that I don't quite understand what you mean.
> > You might be confusing 'new line' with 'line feed' in Unix.
> > In case of that, AFAIK, 'r=0X0D 'n=0X0D0A "line feed"=0X0A
>
> DOS and Windows prefer to separate lines of a file with a 0x0D0A
> sequence, which equates to 'r'n in PowerPro speak, as 'r is
> equivalent to 0x0D and 'n is equivalent to 0x0A.
'r'n is 0X0D0D0A, at least on my machine. :-)
I think that Ravi's previous comment about it was also indicating
this.
> You are right though�� 0x0A is a `line feed?and 0x0D is a `carriage
> return?
Sure.
> > I hate the 'line' format, anyway. ;-)
>
> And for good reason! It's ridiculous! Sometimes I wonder whoever
> came up with the 0x0D0A sequence when one byte should have done
> nicely. I have the feeling that it goes back to the terminal days...
You're absolutely right, though I don't have any slightest idea
about why MS had chosen 0X0D0A.
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