XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
On 2022-09-04 13:02:36 +0000, Bud Frede said:
Alan <[email protected]> writes:
On 2022-08-29 10:36, Andy Burnelli wrote:
Hergen Lehmann wrote:
Am 27.08.22 um 08:55 schrieb David Chmelik:
What is the plain-text (.TXT) file format specification on Android?
UNIX & GNU/Linux, Apple, DOS all have .TXT formats that differ where >>>>> carriage-return and line-break (new-line) are placed (so often display >>>>> wrongly on other operating systems)... where or what are specifications >>>>> for Android?
I doubt there is a formal specification, as Android users are not
even supposed to interact with "files".
But Android is Linux-based and on Linux, the convention for text
files is using LF as line separator and UTF8 encoding. Best
practice for a programmer would be to accept all of CR,CRLF,LF for
input and generate the OS's convention (here: LF) for output.
If I want to edit a text file, what I normally do is put the file in
my text folder on my sdcard and then name it 'foo.txt' and then when I
tap on it from the file manager it opens up in my default text editor.
Usually I make a shortcut to that file if it's something I need
frequently, like a shopping list or an ad hoc address or impromptu
phone number. I then put that desktop shortcut in the appropriate
folder.
Since I mount all of Android onto Windows as a drive letter over
Wi-Fi, the same Android text files are editable on Windows vim also,
despite the platform CR/LF differences.
<https://i.postimg.cc/BvJdKWzt/webdav06.jpg> Both sdcards mounted
Windows vim even says at the bottom that it's using [unix] CR/LF
formats. Perfectly compatible. Same the other way around. Perfectly compatible.
Notice how compatible everything is _except_ Apple's idiotic walled
garden.
In what way does Apple's "walled garden" impact any of this?
It means you don't have to use Windows or Android? :-)
As the 'old' saying says "An Apple a day keeps the Windoze and Andud
away". ;-)
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