From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Debian-exim@smtp1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de [129.13.185.217]) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p0P09j0w002487 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:09:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from hekate.usta.de (asta-nat.asta.uni-karlsruhe.de [172.22.63.82]) by smtp1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de with esmtp (Exim 4.63 #1) id 1PhWTf-0000Lk-Fb; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:09:43 +0100 Received: from donnerwolke.usta.de ([172.24.96.3]) by hekate.usta.de with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PhWTf-0004Ku-EK for tech@mdocml.bsd.lv; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:09:43 +0100 Received: from iris.usta.de ([172.24.96.5] helo=usta.de) by donnerwolke.usta.de with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PhWTf-00078z-D4 for tech@mdocml.bsd.lv; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:09:43 +0100 Received: from schwarze by usta.de with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PhWTf-00005X-CL for tech@mdocml.bsd.lv; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:09:43 +0100 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:09:43 +0100 From: Ingo Schwarze To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv Subject: Re: line termination in manuals Message-ID: <20110125000943.GG16282@iris.usta.de> References: <20110122195656.GE12520@iris.usta.de> <20110122200516.GA26592@britannica.bec.de> <20110122212814.GH12520@iris.usta.de> <20110122213510.GA29547@britannica.bec.de> <20110122221836.GJ12520@iris.usta.de> <20110122222938.GA30488@britannica.bec.de> <20110122225933.GL12520@iris.usta.de> <4D3E0843.1010608@bsd.lv> X-Mailinglist: mdocml-tech Reply-To: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D3E0843.1010608@bsd.lv> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Hi Kristaps, Kristaps Dzonsons wrote on Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:16:19AM +0100: > Incidentally, whenever you get the \r\n logic ironed out, > check it in. Done. > (Should we specify that the -Tascii output is always UNIX newline > terminated?) Better not. I have no idea what putchar('\n') will do on non-UNIX systems. Besides, we are talking about a UNIX tools to handle UNIX manuals, and none of the other UNIX manuals restates explicitly that it is using UNIX conventions. I consider this obvious without saying. Or, if putchar('\n') is doing the wrong thing on some system, and there is a more portable way, we might consider using said more portable way instead, unless it is too cumbersome. Yours, Ingo -- To unsubscribe send an email to tech+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv