[Lazarus] EOL character used in .lfm files keep changing

Marc Weustink marc.weustink at cuperus.nl
Thu Jun 11 12:18:43 CEST 2009


Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>> Wouldn't it be better if the Form Designer always used a consistent EOL
>> character - no matter what platform?
> 
> To back up my claim of altering the behaviour of the Form Designer...
> Many applications and protocols on the internet also use a single
> consistent EOL character to minimize this issue.
> 
> "Most textual Internet protocols (including HTTP, SMTP, FTP, IRC and
> many others) mandate the use of ASCII CR+LF (0x0D 0x0A) on the protocol
> level, but recommend that tolerant applications recognize lone LF as well."
> -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline
> 
> 
> So I recommend that the Form Designer standardizes on the CRLF character
> as the EOL character.

Since you are creating a problem which doesn't exist (for years) for the 
laz developers I don't think that will happen.
And for the lcl it is not an issue, it can read both.

Marc





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