[ILUG] [OT] newlines

[Kev]

Off topic here, but was there ever a good reason for
the differences between Mac/Unix/Dos newlines ?

(is this an old chestnut ?)

On Wed, 24 May 2000, Guest, Ken wrote:
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> #-----Original Message-----
> #From: John P. Looney (Kate) [mailto:jplooney-ilug at online.ie]
> #Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 11:41
> #To: ilug at linux.ie
> #Subject: Re: [ILUG] silly shell thing
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> <snip>
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> # BTW, Ken, they aren't ^M - that's what Vi shows \r's as.
> 
> Wow, that means I learnt something today...
> Anyways, to keep this on topic, does anyone know what the 
> mappings are for \n's in vi?
> 
> Ken
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