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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

why settle for \n when you can go for the stylish carriage return

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 10 points 1 month ago

¿Porqué no los dos? A nice \r\n, Windows style.

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[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

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[-] vordalack@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

It's time to log off and get a vasectomy

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 21 points 1 month ago

This sounds like the start of another sovcit "loophole"

[-] rekabis@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A line break is a non-printable character. So it would only work in the scope of electronic storage. The minute it hits other media, the line break character is subject to how that media handles it’s presence, and then it is lost permanently from that step forward.

Plus, many input forms make use of validation that will just trim anything that isn’t a character or number, removing the line break character.

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[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

What about an open bracket? (

[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Always sanitize your Data inputs.

[-] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 14 points 1 month ago

Anyone remember when Chrome had that issue with validating nested URL-encoded characters? Anyone for John%%80%80 Doe?

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

Am I allowed to include sql command words such as drop table in my child's name?

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Simmer down, Bobby

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[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

I'm not american and I'm glad I'm not but intended if someone could enter a bunch of zero width spaces

[-] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Unix or dos format?

Anyway, you probably need to put a backslash before it to indicate line continuation.

But wouldn't it be better to use something more traditional, such as ?

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