Format of options file

[Bernard Peek]

On 05/03/18 12:55, MacFH - C E Macfarlane wrote:
> Seems valid reasoning to me.
>
> Some people may be misunderstanding the precise meaning of 'Carriage 
> Return'.  I'm not 100% up on my telecoms history, but AIUI ...
>

This is a long-standing problem for any organisation that exchanges text 
files between systems using different formats. When I wrote interface 
formats I mandated that a receiving program will handle any permutation 
of <CR> <LF> in any permutation. It's even a problem for places that 
think XML solves all standards problems.

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Bernard Peek

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