> I think the problem with this idea is that if we look at a Unicode
> text file and see CR and/or LF in it, we don't know if those
> characters came from the private text format of a 7- or 8-bit file
> that was converted to Unicode without any record-format conversion,
> or if they are the "Unicode" CR and LF. Therefore this would only
> move the problem of incompatible record formats from the old world
> (of DOS, Windows, UNIX, Macintosh) to the new one.
The unfortunate horse is already out of the burning barn on this one.
So now we have to add a stable to the new Unicode garage.
See Unicode Technical Report #13.
--Ken
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