Re: [Bug-ed] support for crlf-terminated lines in ed

[Lev Lamberov]

Сб 17 мар 2018 @ 20:37 Antonio Diaz Diaz <address@hidden>:

> Lev Lamberov wrote:
>> there's a somewhat old (from 2012) wishlist bug in the Debian BTS
>> [694057], asking for a proper support of crlf-terminated lines (or
>> arbitrary line-endings) in ed. Are there any plans to support the
>> requested mode?
>
> I knew about the issue, but I have not yet done anything about it 
> because it seems neither easy nor well defined, and implementing it 
> properly is likely to cause some headaches, for example when stripping 
> escaped newlines. IMHO using two characters to end a line is a bad idea.
>
> I'll make an attempt at a --crlf option as soon as I find the time.

Thank you for your answer, Antonio.