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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index 7844028a62..18c51229e8 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -1973,9 +1973,12 @@ Also available via \module{os.path}. \begin{datadesc}{linesep} The string used to separate (or, rather, terminate) lines on the -current platform. This may be a single character, such as \code{'\e -n'} for \POSIX{} or \code{'\e r'} for Mac OS, or multiple characters, -for example, \code{'\e r\e n'} for Windows. +current platform. This may be a single character, such as +\code{'\e n'} for \POSIX{} or \code{'\e r'} for Mac OS, or multiple +characters, for example, \code{'\e r\e n'} for Windows. +Do not use \var{os.linesep} as a line terminator when writing files +opened in text mode (the default); use a single \code{'\e n'} instead, +on all platforms. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{devnull} |