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RFC 8792: Handling Long Lines in Content of Internet-Drafts and RFCs

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This document defines two strategies for handling long lines in width-bounded text content. One strategy, called the "single backslash" strategy, is based on the historical use of a single backslash ('\') character to indicate where line-folding has occurred, with the continuation occurring with the first character that is not a space character (' ') on the next line. The second strategy, called the "double backslash" strategy, extends the first strategy by adding a second backslash character to identify where the continuation begins and is thereby able to handle cases not supported by the first strategy. Both strategies use a self-describing header enabling automated reconstitution of the original content.

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Document ID
RFC8792
Published
June 2020
Authors
K. Watsen; E. Auerswald; A. Farrel; Q. Wu
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
ops
Pages
28
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