Re: [MacPerl-Modules] Re: [MacPerl-Porters] Need authoritative Apple refs for EOL == CR

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com>]

On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 04:05:05PM -0400, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
} On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, David Steffen wrote:
} > 
} [ Examples snipped ]
} 
} > Does this help?
} > 
} It's an excellent start. Thanks. Certainly the kind of stuff I can use.
} 
} That thing about TeachText is pretty conclusive. I think Chris Nandor was
} sort of alluding to the same thing.

Whoa.  Now, I'm confused.  What is it exactly that you are asking?
That MacOS uses \015 as end-of-line is easily demonstrated.  That
MacPerl uses \n == \015 is also easily demonstrated, and that it
*should be* that way takes only a little thought.  That \n is always
\015 in every Mac application that uses C-like escapes is simply
wrong.  Alpha is a counter example; they use \r == \015.

So what is it that you are trying to prove?  That MacOS uses \015 as
end of line, that MacPerl uses \n == \015, or that \n == \015 is a
general MacOS convention?  I've never seen any Official Documentation
(TM) that says that MacOS end of line is \015, but anyone with a Mac
and MacPerl can easily demonstrate that it is by looking at any of the
README's that come with Apple software.  Why anyone would want to
argue with you about that is beyond me.

} 
} I've got IM:Text at home in DocViewer so I'll look at that later. The way
} Apple has some of their online docs now is not nearly so nice. Personally
} I thought DocViewer was fine, but they seem to be moving more and more
} over to PDF, which makes me want to buy more and more of the real books on
} paper. ;-)
} 
} Arved
} 
} 
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