29 Dec
2007
29 Dec
'07
5:29 p.m.
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
that makes sense. I have run into LF CR in files, but haven't gotten
around to tracking down what system created them.
THAT would give LF CR on some
systems!
Some Tandy compatible printers had "smart auto linefeed" - a line feed
would be added to a CR IFF there was not a LF following the CR.
That worked well except for the LF CR case.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
LF CR?
Not that I've ever seen, the CR usually being sent first because if it's any
kinda mechanical thingy it takes longer. Is
'\n' 0Dh? 0Ah? 0Dh 0Ah? 0Ah 0Dh?
I remember back when I first started
fiddling with c programming having to use
\n\r in some instances to get what I wanted. I always thought it'd be kinda nifty to have one
character instead of two.
Many companies went that route.
For example,
TRS80 was 0Dh; IBM PC was 0Dh 0Ah
I remember well one Tandy printer that
double-spaced lines and there didn't
seem to be any way to disable that "feature".