Ambiguity in spec regarding line endings

Matthew Graybosch hello at matthewgraybosch.com
Thu Jun 4 23:21:42 BST 2020


On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 17:53:14 -0400
Sean Conner <sean at conman.org> wrote:

> And I disagree with this disagreement.  Requiring only LF produces
> an undue hardship on Windows systems which use both CR and LF.  And
> Windows is *still* the most popular operating system out there.

What if somebody decides to write a Gemini client for FreeDOS? IIRC,
that OS still uses CR and LF for line endings, just like MS-DOS did.
Wouldn't a LF-only requirement hamper such an effort?

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