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Re: Windows text files saved as Unix files


From: martin
Subject: Re: Windows text files saved as Unix files
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 08:37:13 +0100
User-agent: Emacs Gnus

"FJ" == Feghhi, Jalil <JFeghhi@visa.com> writes:
 FJ> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 11:57:10 -0800
 FJ> To: "'help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org'" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
 FJ> 
 FJ> I just installed the Windows versions of emacs and when I edit text
 FJ> files on my Windows they are saved with unix-stype linefeeds. When I
 FJ> open these files, I see Unix at the left hand side of the buffer too.
 FJ> 
 FJ> I searched for some time and found several articles on this but
 FJ> nothing that could help me. How can I fix this problem?

hi,

use C-x RET f (runs the command set-buffer-file-coding-system) and
type "dos" RET at the command prompt. then save the file and that's
it.

martin

 FJ> Also, why the default installation for Windows is like this?
 FJ> 
 FJ> Thanks for the help.
 FJ> 
 FJ> -Jalil ps. Please reply to my email address as I am not part of the
 FJ> mailing list yet.
 FJ> 
 FJ> 
 FJ> 
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