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==use of newline== |
==use of newline== |
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Not all operating system's file structure use an imbedded ''newline''. Some use a metastructure. Are programs (solutions) supposed to insert a bogus character at the end-of-line for those cases? |
Not all operating system's file structure use an imbedded ''newline''. Some use a metastructure. Are programs (solutions) supposed to insert a bogus character at the end-of-line for those cases? -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |
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The same is true of a ''tab'' character. How a tab character is treated can be changed (or nullified) in some operating systems, and also application programs. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |
The same is true of a ''tab'' character. How a tab character is treated can be changed (or nullified) in some operating systems, and also application programs. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |
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This task seems to be ASCII-centric. Tab characters are different in an ASCII system vs. an EBCDIC system. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |