Re: Windows query

[Enrico Colombini <erix@...>]

On 29-Jan-16 11:49, Cezary H. Noweta wrote:
> OSes no, but still is used --- ECMA Script and derivatives (JavaScript)
> for example. However, I agree that \r alone is dangerous (i.e. when
> counting lines of redirected output file containing many '\r's: ``[+
> ]\r[++ ]\r[+++]\n''): besides JavaScript lexers, your \r?\n is quite
> fine in general. Old Mac's line endings are not made by accident --- one
> must be itching to do '\r' EOLs.

The Apple ][ also used \r... and file types :-)

An aside note: having to often write portable code, I set my 
Windows-side editor (notepad++) to use \n only and disabled autocrlf in 
git to avoid accidental binary files translation.

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  Enrico