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Re: text files use dos coding by default


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: text files use dos coding by default
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 23:05:45 +0300

> From: "David Ellis" <ddellis@mail.com>
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 13:57:41 -0500
> 
> That's what I thought. I tried this test. I renamed my .emacs file so that I
> have no startup file.
> 
> If I send a dir listing to a file (dir > test.txt)and open it with emacs,
> emacs thinks it is unix.
> 
> If I just open emacs and start typing in the scratch buffer, it thinks that
> it is dos. But if I save it, exit emacs, and open the file, it thinks it is
> unix.

What does Emacs display in the echo area if you type "M-x emacs-version"
and then hit RET?




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