[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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