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A lone CR is certainly more odd than a LF...LF is implicitly a new line. CR by definition is a return to the beginning of the line; literally NOT the end of the
by petee 9y ago
A lone CR is certainly more odd than a LF...LF is implicitly a new line. CR by definition is a return to the beginning of the line; literally NOT the end of the line!
Who would choose 'beginning of line' to mean 'end of line'?? Oh, Apple :)
- pvg 9y agoThere's nothing more 'implicitly new line' about either, in a text file. But if you're particularly set on hardware analogies - there's a 'return' key on keyboards and no 'line feed' one.
- petee 9y agoUmm, there absolutely is, unless you want to start using the backspace character instead of line feed or any other arbitrary swap, or maybe 'null', or 'delete'; Sure, 'null' should mean new line... 'Line Feed' by words, use and history, means new line....it feeds lines...i don't understand how you could make such an argument. The fact that some keyboards say 'return' (but usually have a down-and-to-the-left graphic) is a separate issue, now that we are talking actual hardware; The lack of need for a specific CR, LF keys is obvious. Once again, of course today apple is using the odd choice of 'return', despite the rest of the industry. Many (most?) of 70s onward keyboards had an 'enter' key, no?
- petee 9y agoI'm sorry, I should have written "whatever apple says is the only logical conclusion" to appease the fan boys lol. Forget English language, or standard bodies...fake news :P