Changing std::endl to put out CR+LF instead of LF

Question

I\'m writing a program on a Linux platform that is generating text files that will be viewed on, inevitably, a Windows platform.

Right now, passing std::endl

Answer 1

Windows Notepad is pretty much the only Windows program you'll find that doesn't handle LF-only files properly. Almost everything else (including WordPad) handles LF-only files just fine.

This problem is a bug in Notepad.