[comp.emacs] Non-standard character replace

rlsg7229@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Robert Lewis Spence) (02/05/91)

Apologies if this is a FAQ:

What is the technique in EMACS to change a single character that cannot
normally be typed on the keyboard. In my case I have a text file that has
line feed characters where it should have CR-LF instead, and EMACS puts it
all on one line!

Thanks in advance,
Rob

abrown@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Allen Brown) (02/07/91)

> What is the technique in EMACS to change a single character that
> cannot normally be typed on the keyboard. In my case I have a text
> file that has line feed characters where it should have CR-LF
> instead, and EMACS puts it all on one line!
>	Rob

You are not going to get a meaningful answer without more information.
What variety of emacs are you running?  What version?  What host?

Just at a guess I suspect you are running some kind of microemacs
under MessyDos.  Is that so?
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