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why settle for \n when you can go for the stylish carriage return
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
.This is the ideal rendition, I would say. On a related note, I just love it when there are backspaces in my filenames
¿Porqué no los dos? A nice \r\n, Windows style.
Gotta band it Windows tho, it just feels right, I want to enjoy my fake typewriter