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Re: new install of cygwin with pdksh doesn't work

David M. Karr writes:
 > As I still have to work with other applications (Emacs, etc.) which
 > will continue to write files with DOS line endings, removing the ^Ms
 > is not a practical option, as I'd have to do that constantly.

If Emacs is your major concern, stick the following into your .emacs:

(setq-default buffer-file-coding-system 'undecided-unix)

New files will then be unix-style. Works great here.

regards,
Markus

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