Bug 22616 - "Convert Line Delimiters To Mac" problematic on MacOS X
Summary: "Convert Line Delimiters To Mac" problematic on MacOS X
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Text (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: Macintosh Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Claude Knaus CLA
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Reported: 2002-08-21 04:31 EDT by Andre Weinand CLA
Modified: 2002-10-30 16:06 EST (History)
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Description Andre Weinand CLA 2002-08-21 04:31:43 EDT 
With the advent of a MacOS X port of Eclipse the wording of the "Convert Line Delimiters 
To Mac" action is slightly problematic on MacOS X, because it refers to the old CR-based 
line separator that was used in "classic" MacOS.

However, MacOS X uses the same line separators as Unix, so people using MacOS X 
should better *not* convert their line delimiters to "Mac".
Comment 1 Claude Knaus CLA 2002-08-21 09:12:52 EDT 
Any suggestion how to rename the labels? should we use CR, CRLF and LF instead?
or both: CR (legacy Mac), CRLF (Windows), LF (UNIX)?
Comment 2 Kai-Uwe Maetzel CLA 2002-09-11 13:18:30 EDT 
I like the last approach. Instead of "legacy" we could try "original".
Comment 3 Andre Weinand CLA 2002-09-12 02:53:16 EDT 
I think the official term would be "Classic Mac OS". It is correct for both a standalone 
MacOS 9 (which Apple will drop at the end of this year) as well as OS 9 running in 
MacOS X. But may be we should then add "MacOS X" to the LF entry:
  CR (Classic Mac OS)
  CRLF (Windows)
  LF (UNIX, Mac OS X)
Comment 4 Claude Knaus CLA 2002-09-12 04:50:24 EDT 
fixed >= 20020912
followed Andre's suggestion