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RE: CR/LF problems after upgrade
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'out of band signalling'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:46:37 -0000
- Subject: RE: CR/LF problems after upgrade
- References: <20070112055257.55D3083C6F@pessard.research.canon.com.au> <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B6570416963D@NIHCESMLBX5.nih.gov> <eolmpg$at7$1@sea.gmane.org> <eom212$mtt$1@sea.gmane.org> <20070117214739.GA18681@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <eop4i5$t3c$1@sea.gmane.org>
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On 19 January 2007 00:49, Shankar Unni wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> ? The OSes that I used didn't need padding. I just stayed within 7[2]
>> characters and used a new card when I needed to move to the next "line".
>
> Well, of course, all the unpunched columns in the card *are* spaces, so
> by definition, punched cards are space-padded. Unless you had
> variable-length cards :-).
So now we have YET ANOTHER goddam line-ending standard to deal with:
LF
CR+LF
Right-hand-edge-of-card
Who's volunteering to maintain d2rheoc then? ;)
cheers,
DaveK
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