(@pxref{Mode Line}).
@cindex end-of-line conversion
+@cindex line endings
@cindex MS-DOS end-of-line conversion
@cindex Macintosh end-of-line conversion
Each of the coding systems that appear in this list---except for
you about the troublesome characters when you actually save the
buffer.
+@cindex specify end-of-line conversion
+ You can also use this command to specify the end-of-line conversion
+(@pxref{Coding Systems, end-of-line conversion}) for encoding the
+current buffer. For example, @kbd{C-x @key{RET} f dos @key{RET}} will
+cause Emacs to save the current buffer's text with DOS-style CRLF line
+endings.
+
@kindex C-x RET c
@findex universal-coding-system-argument
Another way to specify the coding system for a file is when you visit