revert buffer does not change text file format (DOS, UNIX, etc)

revert buffer does not change text file format (DOS, UNIX, etc)

[Miguel Frasson]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2002-08-29 on astest
configured using `configure  --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu --program-prefix= --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-gcc --with-pop --with-sound'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

I had a (.tex) text file that was in DOS format (EOL is CRLF). When I open
the file in emacs, I saw (DOS) in the status bar. On the terminal, I
converted the file with program dos2unix (I wanted the file in this
format). Back in emacs, I reverted the buffer, but the (DOS) status
stayed. I exited emacs and opened the same file again, now *without* the
(DOS) on the status bar.

TO provide complete bug report, if I open file with DOS format on emacs,
convert to unix, revert (status line does not change), convert again to
DOS, revert again, then there is no change on status line in the whole
process. 

Even more weird if I do the other way around. If I open with emacs a text
file in unix format, then on terminal I convert it to dos format and I
revert buffer, then the extra "..." (problably the carriage return
character) appear in every end-of-line. Converting to unix again and
reverting brings the file to "normal" state (no (DOS) on status line and
without "..." on every EOL).


Recent input:
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-x C-f l a <backspace> <backspace> 
m a t h / l a r g e . t e x <return> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <f9> y e s <return> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<f9> y e s <return> C-x k <return> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
C-x C-f m a t h / l a r g e . t e x <return> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <f9> y e s <return> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<f9> y e s <return> <down-mouse-3> <mouse-3> C-x 1 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> 
<help-menu> <report-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:
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Re: revert buffer does not change text file format (DOS, UNIX, etc)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Miguel Frasson <frasson@math.leidenuniv.nl>
> Date: Wed,  6 Aug 2003 12:23:25 +0200 (MEST)
> 
> TO provide complete bug report, if I open file with DOS format on emacs,
> convert to unix, revert (status line does not change), convert again to
> DOS, revert again, then there is no change on status line in the whole
> process. 

This is a feature; if you don't want it, prefix revert-buffer with
"C-x RET c CODING-SYSTEM RET".  (It's possible that this only works
in the latest version of Emacs, or even only in the CVS.)