From: Nick Levinson <nick_levinson@yahoo.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: suggest make standard list of CR/LF prefs that apps can read for portability
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:56:17 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <536945.50089.qm@web33505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)
Battling between Windows Notepad, Linux gedit, and OpenOffice.org conventions on how paragraphs are separated in text files using CR and LF characters, I'd like the ability to set a preference the same way I'd set one for currency or daylight savings time. A user wouldn't have to pick, but if a user does all applications could agree with it.
It would be up to each application designer to comply or not. Noncompliant apps should not break.
Among the options: whatever the application normally sets if I have no preference, CR alone, LF alone, CR+LF, and LF+CR. It might be nice if among the options was one to simply choose that in a well-known stable application, such as one of those above. Each user could have their own pref. And an app could override it.
Thanx.
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Nick
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