FILE HANDLE: Use system native line ends by default.

[pspp] / doc / data-io.texi

diff --git a/doc/data-io.texi b/doc/data-io.texi
index 88577a48e2cc457ec755c8b5210a8960bb0ae0c6..313e543205a41f430ac864534ce22a132bfabecd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/data-io.texi
+++ b/doc/data-io.texi
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ For text files:
         FILE HANDLE @var{handle_name}
                 /NAME='@var{file_name}
                 [/MODE=CHARACTER]
+                [/ENDS=@{CR,CRLF@}]
                 /TABWIDTH=@var{tab_width}
                 [ENCODING='@var{encoding}']
 
@@ -619,9 +620,8 @@ The effect and syntax of @cmd{FILE HANDLE} depends on the selected MODE:
 
 @itemize
 @item
-In CHARACTER mode, the default, the data file is read as a text file,
-according to the local system's conventions, and each text line is
-read as one record.
+In CHARACTER mode, the default, the data file is read as a text file.
+Each text line is read as one record.
 
 In CHARACTER mode only, tabs are expanded to spaces by input programs,
 except by @cmd{DATA LIST FREE} with explicitly specified delimiters.
@@ -629,6 +629,12 @@ Each tab is 4 characters wide by default, but TABWIDTH (a @pspp{}
 extension) may be used to specify an alternate width.  Use a TABWIDTH
 of 0 to suppress tab expansion.
 
+A file written in CHARACTER mode by default uses the line ends of the
+system on which PSPP is running, that is, on Windows, the default is
+CR LF line ends, and on other systems the default is LF only.  Specify
+ENDS as CR or CRLF to override the default.  PSPP reads files using
+either convention on any kind of system, regardless of ENDS.
+
 @item
 In IMAGE mode, the data file is treated as a series of fixed-length
 binary records.  LRECL should be used to specify the record length in