GNU bug report logs - #4924
Emacs No Longer Reads Mac Text Files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leif Strand <leif <at> geodynamics.org>

Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:45:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leif Strand <leif <at> geodynamics.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#4924: Emacs No Longer Reads Mac Text Files
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:38:22 -0800

Dear Emacs maintainers,

Why is it that my new version of Emacs (v23.1.50.1) no longer 
understands Mac-format (CR) text files?  It still reads DOS (CRLF) files 
just fine.  Why remove support for one but not the other?

It is impossible to imagine that Mac format text files were a 
maintenance burden.  What is the point of gleefully deleting working 
code that was causing zero problems?

I see an upgrade to Emacs v21 in my future.

--Leif Strand
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