POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : format and the web : Re: format and the web Server Time
3 Aug 2024 08:11:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: format and the web  
From: Patrick Elliott
Date: 5 Apr 2004 15:20:14
Message: <MPG.1adb5f236dbfce37989a0f@news.povray.org>
In article <407074fe$1@news.povray.org>, tor### [at] torfboldcom says...
> >>You also need to upload it in "binary" mode, if you're not already.
> 
> > You know.. I never quite understood why such and option even existed.
> 
> It's about line breaks. They are different on different systems (Windows 
> CRL+LF, Un*x CR and Mac LF) and if you use ascii-transfer-mode, they 
> will be automatically corrected to the ones the server uses.
> 
Hmm. Yeah. I remember reading that. It is still imho bloody stupid. Most 
'good' programs will also automatically work with both, so it is now 
still more of a pain in the backside than helpful now.

-- 
void main () {

    call functional_code()
  else
    call crash_windows();
}


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