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echo: mbse
to: VINCE COEN
from: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
date: 2017-02-25 21:31:00
subject: Re: Line termination in m

Hi,

On 2017-02-25 18:45:42, Vince Coen wrote to All:
  about: "Line termination in msgs issued by mbse":

 VC> It has been reported to me that replies from areafix / filemgr within
 VC> mbse have only been terminated with a LF as in Linux text format
 VC> recods etc.

 VC> Problem is I have at least one downlink that uses a Windows based
 VC> product and is getting a flow of chars on one or more lines that are
 VC> not formatted with LFCR :

 VC> Is there any way of dealing with this ?

 VC> And still cope with downlinks using Linux.

It's not a matter of Windows or Linux. It's a matter of fidonet. FTS-0001 has
this to say about it:


      A 'hard' carriage return, 0DH,  marks the end of a paragraph, and must
      be preserved.

      So   called  'soft'  carriage  returns,  8DH,  may  mark  a   previous
      processor's  automatic line wrap, and should be ignored.  Beware  that
      they may be followed by linefeeds, or may not.

      All  linefeeds, 0AH, should be ignored.  Systems which display message
      text should wrap long lines to suit their application.




Bye, Wilfred.


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