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RE: mode line eol char indication
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: mode line eol char indication |
Date: |
Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:11:47 -0800 |
> In my experience users often don't know the difference between LF and
> CR. And they shouldn't have to care, all they need to know is that a
> text file has line endings that will work with other software
> on their system (single charactor indication), or if not, what type
> of system this text file has come from so they can make an intelligent
> decision no what to do about it.
So you are arguing that it is the system/platform name that is more meaningful
to users, not the eol characters. I'm OK with that.
In that case, we should always use `Unix', `DOS', and `Mac' (or similar) -
definitely not `:', `\', and `/'.
One could argue though that users are sometimes concered with the line endings
themselves, as, e.g., when they end up seeing extra ^M chars. Sooner or later,
it seems, people end up learning about the different line endings.
There are arguments supporting each: eol chars or platform name. What's
important is to pick meaningful indicators and be systematic - either always
platform or always eol chars. And not to use indicators (`:', `\', `/') that are
not very representative of what they stand for.
RE: mode line eol char indication, Drew Adams, 2009/01/01