linepreserving
Linepreserving refers to maintaining the original line structure of a text as it undergoes editing, conversion, rendering, or transmission. In linepreserving workflows, each line in the source is represented as a distinct unit and the explicit line break characters are preserved, rather than being collapsed or rewrapped into different visual lines. This contrasts with soft wrapping or automatic reflow, where the on-screen layout may differ from the actual line boundaries in the data.
Techniques used to implement linepreserving include representing text as a sequence of lines with explicit newline
Common applications of linepreserving practices include version control and patch generation, where diffs are meaningful only
Challenges of linepreserving systems include handling different newline conventions (LF, CRLF, CR), managing trailing newlines consistently,