[macOS] soft return converted to hard return in InDesign Tagged Text
Affected version:
14.0.3 [macOS]
Steps to reproduce:
In a New document, make a new text container.
Enter this sample text:
“line1 \n line2 \r line3 \n line4”
where \n = shift+return
and \r = return
“line1{{shift+return}}line2{{return}}line3{{shift+return}}line4”
Set space before or space after to 0.125”
Export as Adobe InDesign Tagged Text, Unicode format.
Import result using File > Place
Expected result
Soft returns and hard returns
Actual result
Hard returns only (soft returns converted)
cklee
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Hi,
Thanks for your patience all this while. We investigated on this issue and below are our findings. The problem with this bug is related to ages old standards difference between different operating systems.
On Mac (OS X and later) there is only one way to identify line end i.e by using a single character LF, while on Windows (and DOS before it) uses a pair of CR and LF characters to terminate lines.
Hence when writing them down to any text file these characters are written as such.
Windows, can therefore dedicate LF to understand soft return separately while Mac cannot do any
such thing. Because of this when we read it back from the text file the LF character is interpreted as line break (or new para) on Mac and soft return on Windows.
These files require conversion when moved from one OS to another
Consider this article for more information: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mac-os-x/0596004605/ch01s06.html
A same analogy is found in excel when saved as a text file
Thanks
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cklee
commented
(this issue was previously reported in https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1042900)
