From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James D Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: mode-line in emacs Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 00:48:17 -0300 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054094753 12876 80.91.224.249 (28 May 2003 04:05:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 04:05:53 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 28 06:05:52 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19KsCF-0003LX-00 for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 06:05:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19KsCq-0002TE-C3 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 May 2003 00:06:28 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews4 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 41 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: p-257.newsdawg.com User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113770 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10265 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10265 Phillip Lord wrote: >>>>>> "James" == James D writes: > > James> Can someone explain what those end-of-line (dos, unix, mac, > James> undecided) annotations in emacs mode-line mean? Let me put it > James> more clearly: I know LF is the separation of lines convention > James> for unix, CR for mac and CRLF for dos (CR=carriage return, > James> LF=line feed) but still it is not obvious to me what exactly > James> they mean and how they affect my files. I am writing a little > James> book using LaTeX and some of my files are marked dos, others > James> unix. Is the final output influenced by these options? Are > James> they really options? How can I change them? Please educate > James> me. Thanks James D > > > They reflect the current status of the file. They are not shown in the > line endings are the default for the system (so unix does not show on > a emacs running under unix, dos does not show on windows). > > So if some of your files show "unix" and some show "dos" you are > presumably using a mac? Pardon me, I should have been more precise. I am using linux --when I say some of my files show "unix" I actually mean ":", some of them may have been created in a windows machine, though. - - - > You probably want to find out why this is happening. Emacs will > generally cope, but having inconsistent file endings can cause havoc > with some applications. > > Phil I followed the instructions by Kai Großjohann (thank you Kai) and now all my files have the unix line-endings. I think I understand a little better now, Thank you guys. James D