cr and return

[erik hansen]

--- Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at 06:15 PM, erik
> hansen wrote:
> 
> > isn't a return a carriage return and...
> > a form feed? crIsReturn() in all cases?
> 
> The Revolution formFeed is the ASCII form feed
> and is distinct from the 
> others.
> The Revolution LF (new) is the ASCII line feed.
> 
> The Revolution CR is not the ASCII carriage
> return but is the same as 
> LF.
> The Revolution return is not the ASCII carriage
> return but is the same 
> as LF.
> 
> The Revolution tab is the same as the ASCII
> tab.
> The Revolution null (new) is the same as the
> ASCII null.
> 
> The Revolution CRLF is the same as the ASCII CR
> LF sequence, but the 
> first char is not the same as the Revolution
> CR.
> 
> The most acceptable word for the line end in
> Revolution seems to be 
> return.  Some use CR because it is shorter. 
> The use of CR grates on my 
> nerves.  I use LF which bothers some others
> especially in contexts 
> where it is the Revolution line end and does
> not have a particular 
> ASCII function.
> 
> > function crIsReturn
> >    return (cr = return)
> > end crIsReturn
> 
> true
> 
> Dar Scott
> 
> 
> 
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