![]() Mac OS used CR for years until OS X switched to LF. Windows uses CRLF because DOS used CRLF because CP/M used CRLF because history. Operating systems in the late 70s all used CR LF together literally because they were interfacing with typewriters/printers on the daily. ![]() Two actions, and for years, two control characters.Įvery operating system seems to encode an EOL (end of line) differently. ![]() The carriage moves on the X axes.Īnd Line Feed or LF is the non-printable control character that turns the Platen (the main rubber cylinder) by one line. However, a Carriage Return moves the carriage back but doesn't advance the paper by one line. The Carriage Return or CR was a non-printable control character that would reset the typewriter to the beginning of the line of text. The paper on a typewriter rides horizontally on a carriage. What's a Carriage and why is it Returning? Carriage Return Line Feed WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN!?!
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