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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

why settle for \n when you can go for the stylish carriage return

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

so John\r Doe ? depending on the software, when it gets printed, the carriage return will move the cursor to the start of the line without moving a line down, becoming \x20Doe.

[–] sukhmel 4 points 6 days ago

This is the ideal rendition, I would say. On a related note, I just love it when there are backspaces in my filenames

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

¿Porqué no los dos? A nice \r\n, Windows style.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Gotta band it Windows tho, it just feels right, I want to enjoy my fake typewriter