Subj : Re: Line termination in msgs issued by mbse
To : Vince Coen
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Feb 25 2017 09:32 pm
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.
