Re: How to change line endings - where is it explained?

[Lennart Borgman]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 07:48:43 +0200
> > From: Lennart Borgman <address@hidden>
> > CC:  address@hidden
> >
> >     
> > > Yes, it is described in the node "Text and Binray".
> > >
> > > What did you try to look for it?  Perhaps we need to improve the
> > > indexing.
> > >   
> > >       
> > Thanks, yes I wonder why I missed that. A couple of small things perhaps:
> >
> > - The name of the node is a bit "C style".
> > - I looked for "line endings".
> > - I looked for "line end conversion".
> > - I actually also searched for CRLF, but possibly only in the elisp 
> > manual since I wanted to do the conversion in code.
> > - I was thinking about coding systems, but somehow I missed that you 
> > could use just 'unix or 'dos for the coding system in some operations.
> > - I looked at the node "(emacs) Files" which says it tells everything 
> > about files.
> > - I looked at `buffer-file-coding-system' etc.
> >     
>
> I added some index entries that should make this search easier.
>   
Thanks for the index entries and for adding CRLF in a relevant place in 
the elisp manual.

>   
> > - Something about line endings too in "(emacs) Files", possibly in 
> > connection with the link above.
> >     
>
> Ditto: "Visiting" already talks about EOLs.
>   
Oh, I found it! But I did not see it before. The reason is that I am 
nearly always searching, not reading. In "(emacs) Visiting" the term for 
line endings is "convention it uses to separate lines". Could perhaps 
"(line endings)" be added right after this? :

     convention it uses to separate lines (line endings) -- newline 
(used on ...

>   
> > - "(emacs) Coding Systems" should mention 'dos, 'unix and 'mac.
> >     
>
> It already does, please take a closer look.
>   
I just checked out a fresh copy from CVS and I am afraid I still can not 
find anything about the use of just 'dos, 'unix and 'mac like in

   M-x set-buffer-file-coding-system RET unix RET

As I understand it this changes just the line endings to unix style 
(LF). Would it not be good to mention this feature?

>   
> > - "(elisp) Files" should mention line endings.
> >     
>
> I added the references to code and EOL conversions to the appropriate
> sections of files.texi.
>   
Thanks.