Index: src/nano.h
===================================================================
--- src/nano.h	(revision 5168)
+++ src/nano.h	(working copy)
@@ -536,7 +536,8 @@
     SOFTWRAP,
     POS_HISTORY,
     LOCKING,
-    NOREAD_MODE
+    NOREAD_MODE,
+    MAKE_IT_UNIX
 };
 
 /* Flags for the menus in which a given function should be present. */
Index: src/files.c
===================================================================
--- src/files.c	(revision 5168)
+++ src/files.c	(working copy)
@@ -908,6 +908,9 @@
 	    statusbar(P_("Read %lu line ( Warning: No write permission)",
 		"Read %lu lines (Warning: No write permission)",
 		(unsigned long)num_lines), (unsigned long)num_lines);
+
+    if (ISSET(MAKE_IT_UNIX))
+	openfile->fmt = NIX_FILE;
 }
 
 /* Open the file (and decide if it exists).  If newfie is TRUE, display
Index: src/rcfile.c
===================================================================
--- src/rcfile.c	(revision 5168)
+++ src/rcfile.c	(working copy)
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
     {"suspend", SUSPEND},
     {"tabsize", 0},
     {"tempfile", TEMP_FILE},
+    {"unix", MAKE_IT_UNIX},
     {"view", VIEW_MODE},
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
     {"autoindent", AUTOINDENT},
Index: src/nano.c
===================================================================
--- src/nano.c	(revision 5168)
+++ src/nano.c	(working copy)
@@ -2157,6 +2157,7 @@
 	{"speller", 1, NULL, 's'},
 #endif
 	{"tempfile", 0, NULL, 't'},
+	{"unix", 0, NULL, 'u'},
 	{"view", 0, NULL, 'v'},
 #ifndef DISABLE_WRAPPING
 	{"nowrap", 0, NULL, 'w'},
@@ -2385,6 +2386,9 @@
 	    case 't':
 		SET(TEMP_FILE);
 		break;
+	    case 'u':
+		SET(MAKE_IT_UNIX);
+		break;
 	    case 'v':
 		SET(VIEW_MODE);
 		break;