# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1148152082 0 # Node ID c964932a04382c63ef441d33edc4318fd124ac6b # Parent 216c04e10ca306caf461d143d95911f6d3b97135 (Visiting): Mention `end-of-line' explicitly. diff -r 216c04e10ca3 -r c964932a0438 man/files.texi --- a/man/files.texi Sat May 20 19:04:35 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Sat May 20 19:08:02 2006 +0000 @@ -261,17 +261,17 @@ you had visited an existing empty file. If you make any changes and save them, the file is created. - Emacs recognizes from the contents of a file which convention it uses -to separate lines---newline (used on GNU/Linux and on Unix), -carriage-return linefeed (used on Microsoft systems), or just -carriage-return (used on the Macintosh)---and automatically converts the -contents to the normal Emacs convention, which is that the newline -character separates lines. This is a part of the general feature of -coding system conversion (@pxref{Coding Systems}), and makes it possible -to edit files imported from different operating systems with -equal convenience. If you change the text and save the file, Emacs -performs the inverse conversion, changing newlines back into -carriage-return linefeed or just carriage-return if appropriate. + Emacs recognizes from the contents of a file which end-of-line +convention it uses to separate lines---newline (used on GNU/Linux and +on Unix), carriage-return linefeed (used on Microsoft systems), or +just carriage-return (used on the Macintosh)---and automatically +converts the contents to the normal Emacs convention, which is that +the newline character separates lines. This is a part of the general +feature of coding system conversion (@pxref{Coding Systems}), and +makes it possible to edit files imported from different operating +systems with equal convenience. If you change the text and save the +file, Emacs performs the inverse conversion, changing newlines back +into carriage-return linefeed or just carriage-return if appropriate. @vindex find-file-run-dired If the file you specify is actually a directory, @kbd{C-x C-f} invokes