Talk:Take notes on the command line: Difference between revisions
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Not all operating system's file structure use an imbedded ''newline''. Some use a metastructure. Are programs (solutions) supposed to insert a bogus character at the end-of-line for those cases? |
Not all operating system's file structure use an imbedded ''newline''. Some use a metastructure. Are programs (solutions) supposed to insert a bogus character at the end-of-line for those cases? -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |
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The same is true of a ''tab'' character. How a tab character is treated can be changed (or nullified) in some operating systems, and also application programs. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |
The same is true of a ''tab'' character. How a tab character is treated can be changed (or nullified) in some operating systems, and also application programs. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |
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This task seems to be ASCII-centric. Tab characters are different in an ASCII system vs. an EBCDIC system. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC) |
Revision as of 19:04, 2 March 2013
Clarify task
I think the task description implicitly suggests that if a local NOTES.TXT file does not currently exist, and NOTES is called with arguments, then a new NOTES.TXT file should be created with the current time and those arguments. If that is the intention it would be useful to make this explicit in the task description.--Tikkanz 00:10, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
- Your guess is correct. Feel free to correct it if you so desire or else wait till I've got time --Axtens 03:32, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
use of newline
Not all operating system's file structure use an imbedded newline. Some use a metastructure. Are programs (solutions) supposed to insert a bogus character at the end-of-line for those cases? -- Gerard Schildberger 19:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
The same is true of a tab character. How a tab character is treated can be changed (or nullified) in some operating systems, and also application programs. -- Gerard Schildberger 19:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
This task seems to be ASCII-centric. Tab characters are different in an ASCII system vs. an EBCDIC system. -- Gerard Schildberger 19:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC)