Re: text files and emacs?

• To: bart@xxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: Re: text files and emacs?
• From: <bob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 09:14:44 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxx
• In-Reply-To: <m0wjyHf-000Y8IC@xxxxxxxxxxx> (message from Bart Bunting on Fri, 4 Jul 1997 12:39:43 +1000 (EST))
• Reply-To: bob@xxxxxxxxxxx

   I have several ascii files which contain my books for uni.

   When I try to view them under emacs they are full of control ms.

   I have been unable to work out a way of displaying them without all
   the control chars.  Has anyone any ideas on how to do this?


Here is one method -- this is better than simply replacing control-M
with nothing since it also deletes a control-Z at the end, if any.

Best wishes.


;;; Convert DOS file format to Unix

;; look at 
;; M-x comint-strip-ctrl-m
;;   Command: Strip trailing `^M' characters from the current output group.


;; from: elf@xxxxxxxxxxx (Luis Fernandes)
;; 22 May 1997

;;; Usage: M-x dos2unix
;;;
(defun dos2unix ()
  "Convert this entire buffer from MS-DOS text file format to UNIX."
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (replace-regexp "\r$" "" nil)
    (goto-char (1- (point-max)))
    (if (looking-at "\C-z")
        (delete-char 1))))

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