On 05/09/2018 07:51 AM, Russell via talk wrote: > The article described the move as a step backwards. Best quote from the > comments. > > "On a mechanical typewriter when you pull the lever you get an LF first then > a CR. So Windows is already backwards." > > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/05/notepad-gets-a-major-upgrade-now-does-unix-line-endings/ >
Actually, this is one area where I can speak with a lot of authority. When I started in the telecom industry, 46 years and 8 days ago, I was working as a bench technician, overhauling Teletype machines. The rule was CR first, then LF, as it took time for the carriage to return to the left side. By having the LF after the CR, extra time was provided. Many people also got into the habit of CR LF LTRS (on 5 level Baudot machines) to provide even more time and ensure the printer was in a known state re letters or figures shift. In fact, one of my first tasks, after completing my training, was to go to customer sites and replace the answer back drums (used to ID the machine) on Telex machines, that had LF CR, as those would cause problems on overseas connections. The standard on those drums was CR LF <Customer ID> CR LF LTRS. Bottom line, it was always CR LF back then and that followed to any computer that used a Teletype machine for a console. However, on computers, a CR was generally used to denote new line and the computer added the LF. --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
