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How can we create line breaks in a way that they are respected by LinkedIn?

I'm using a Unix system (OS X). I found this answer, but I think there has to be a way of doing it without running a Live CD.

karel
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ozke
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  • Did anyone at least tried the Win version? –  Jun 01 '10 at 09:16
  • If it weren't for open bounties, I would vote to close this based on the fact that its off-topic / not programming related. Perhaps the linked in support forums are a better place to try to solve this issue which is obviously some sort of input constraint applied by the website itself. – gnarf Jun 09 '10 at 10:30
  • This is defo off topic and not programming related...voting to close as this should be filed under LinkedIn's own website as an issue there! – t0mm13b Jun 09 '10 at 10:35
  • Agreed; this isn't programming related. It is **very** rare we do so, but I've revoked (refunded) the bounty. I'm moving it to superuser, where it *may* have a slightly better fit. – Marc Gravell Jun 09 '10 at 10:54
  • @Marc - it's about a web site, which **isn't** appropriate for Super User. – ChrisF Jun 09 '10 at 11:04

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If some people are reporting that it works on Linux, it's likely to be caused by the different line endings used by Windows.

At the end of a line:

  • Windows uses carriage return, line feed (CRLF, \r\n)
  • Linux uses line feed (LF, \n)
  • Mac uses carriage return (CR, \r)

These are leftovers from ye olden days of computing, which, if you're really interested in it, you can read more about on Wikipedia's newline article.

Anyway, if you use a more powerful text editor on your Windows computer, many will have the option of converting line-breaks to the different styles. Just off the top of my head, Notepad++ and Komodo Edit are two free editors which can do this.

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  • I'm actually using OSX. –  Jun 08 '10 at 15:26
  • @ozke - here are some links you might find useful then: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20001206164827794 http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Change_end-of-line_format_for_dos-mac-unix http://damonparker.org/blog/2006/01/05/convert-mac-line-endings/ – nickf Jun 08 '10 at 23:48
  • It's worth noting that *old* Mac OS uses CR only. OS X and later uses LF, like the rest of the (non-Windows) world. – Greg Hewgill Jun 09 '10 at 11:17
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I give nickf's answer as valid as I found it very useful. However, keep in mind what Jil McElroy says (in the link I originally posted).

Be sure to review your Specialties in the "View My Profile" tab. For some reason, the "Edit my profile" tab does not format line breaks correctly.

ozke
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