Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ucla-cs!sdcrdcf!hplabs!decwrl!sun!imagen!turner From: turner@imagen.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Question about CR/LF and end-of-lines. Message-ID: <823@imagen.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Jan-87 13:03:08 EST Article-I.D.: imagen.823 Posted: Wed Jan 28 13:03:08 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Jan-87 04:24:13 EST References: <8701272118.AA01023@yale-eli.YALE.ARPA> Organization: The Houses of the Holy Lines: 26 in article <8701272118.AA01023@yale-eli.YALE.ARPA>, ram-ashwin@YALE.ARPA (Ashwin Ram) says: > > It looks like some of the files on my 1040ST have lines terminated with > 0d-0d-0a (i.e., CR-CR-LF) instead of just CR-LF or LF. I think uEmacs 3.7i > > Could someone please explain what's going on, and what the "correct" > end-of-line terminator is? And whether it really is uEmacs that's doing it > (or is it Kermit (unlikely)? something else?) > ok mason, i give up, i'll confess, i did it, i admit it, i did it, and i'm happy that i did....... now that i got that off my chest, the reason i added the extra CR was files from unix only had a LF terminator which was fine unless you wanted to 'show' the file from the desktop, so i changed uEmacs3.7i so that it added a CR at the end of each line, in uEmacs3.8a (the atari version) which is coming real soon now, the problem will be handled correctly, namely it will be a setting from within the editor. i hope that helps. -- --------------- C'est la vie, C'est le guerre, C'est la pomme de terre Mail: Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95052-8101 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!turner AT&T: (408) 986-9400