[gopher] Line terminators in Gopher transactions
Alistair
alistair at alistairsserver.no-ip.org
Tue May 22 00:57:30 UTC 2012
On 22/05/2012 01:49, Nick Matavka wrote:
> I understand that obsolete Mac OS sends CR as an EOL indicator, UNIX
> sends LF, and Micro$haft Winblow$ sends CRLF. How does all this get
> fixed in Gopher? What I mean is, how come a Windoze client, expecting
> CRLF, is unburdened by a UNIX server sending it LF's only? Has Gopher
> standardized on CR/LF/CRLF? Is it the client's responsibility? Is it
> the server's responsibility?
>
Do you mean when downloading a text file? I'd say it's the client's
responsibility to interpret the line endings.
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