Subversion book.

[John Maher]

Hello

I just wanted to point out something that can be worded better in the
book.  The paragraph::
"Not all of the various tools on these operating systems understand
files that contain line endings in a format that differs from the native
line-ending style of the operating system on which they are running. So,
typically, Unix programs treat the CR character present in Windows files
as a regular character (usually rendered as ^M), and Windows programs
combine all of the lines of a Unix file into one giant line because no
carriage return-linefeed (or CRLF) character combination was found to
denote the ends of the lines."

Is not correct in the latter part.   The reason a Windows program all
the lines of a Unix file is because there is not because it is looking
for a CRLF.  LF advances the printer 1 line and (usually) does nothing
on the screen.  CR moves the cursor all the way to the left of a line on
the printer.   On the screen it moves the cursor all the way to the left
AND down one line.  (Think LF is advancing the paper on a typewriter and
CR is sliding the paper holder (carriage) all the way to the right).
You could change all the LF to CR and see the lines in a more readable
fasion.  It would be better if it said something like this:
Windows programs combine all of the lines of a Unix file into one giant
line because no carriage return (or CR) character was found to denote
the ends of the lines.
Windows adds the LF as a courtesy for old school printing.

JPM

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