Re: problem with system_eol_type

[Stefan Monnier]

> By the way, why is not CR used in Mac when specifying the coding
> system `foo', not `foo-eol'?

Only Mac OS 9 used CR-eol.  Mac OS X uses LF, like any other Unix variant.

> Contrary to this argument concerning saving of files, I hope the
> forms

> (encode-coding-string "bar\n" 'foo)

> and

> (with-temp-buffer
>   (insert "bar\n")
>   (encode-coding-region (point-min) (point-max) 'foo)
>   (buffer-string))

> always return "bar\n" regardless of the system-type in the
> future as well.

Why this discrepancy?


        Stefan