alt Hacker NewsWouldn't we still need a "Line Separator" character so we can include line breaks in fields and records for formatting purposes?
Wouldn't we still need a "Line Separator" character so we can include line breaks in fields and records for formatting purposes?
RS separates logical "lines" or there is "Group Separator", but for internal line separators in a multi-line text field, the CR and LF characters could be used, because they have "standard" meanings for text:
CR: move next character position to position 1 horizontally LF: move next character position to vertically below current character position, potentially inserting SP characters.
So a combination of CR/LF, or LF/CR would have the effect of "New Line".