Re: Regression WRT newline?

[Andreas Schwab]

Andreas Röhler <address@hidden> writes:

> Command newline from simple.el has the following comment:
>
>
>         ;; FIXME: For non-interactive uses, many calls actually just want
>         ;; (insert "\n"), so maybe we should do just that, so as to avoid
>         ;; the risk of filling or running abbrevs unexpectedly.
>
> IIRC in earlier times, on windows for example an additional "\r" was
> required.

The internal representation of a newline in Emacs is and always has been
"\n".  The external representation is controlled by the buffer's coding
system, and doesn't come into play until you save the buffer.

Andreas.

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