[Smaug] CR/LF, wordwrap, newline & ASCII
Rick Moen
rick at linuxmafia.com
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 18:34:24 -0700
Quoting Phil White (cerise@littlegreenmen.armory.com):
> I think this response deserves quite a bit of enhancement.
Usefully?
> Think about it. There isn't any key (or arguably, combination of keys)
> which has a universal meaning across all applications.
The keypress generates a hardware-level scancode. Absent intervention
by userland software, it'll generate a key sequence as determined by
your OS's terminal handler.
> Especialy when you're dealing with a text editor. A newline can be
> the OS default, or it can be an editor specific meaning.
Oh, gimme a break. Now, you're introducing macros.
Sheesh.