Re: How can I get emacs to show ^m, (a carriage return)?

[Stefan Monnier]

> Our emacs on our Red-Hat Linux refuses to show the "return character" ^m. On
> our unix system the character shows up
> and you can search for it by doing c-s c-q c-m. But, on the Red-Hat Linux
> emacs not only does it not show the character
> it will not find it with the search c-s c-q c-m. xemacs works fine on both
> systems, showing and/or finding the ^m character
> with a c-s c-q c-m search.

> Any idea on how I can get emacs to show ^m and/or find ^m with a c-s c-q 
> c-m search?

Do C-x RET u unix RET before C-x C-f to tell Emacs that the file should be
treated as a "unix" file rather than a "dos" file.


        Stefan