Please add the configure option '--with-file-coding' to the xemacs ebuild to enable support for DOS formatted text files. See: http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs/200110/msg00030.html Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
should be tested for the next release.
I've added a 'eolconv' use flag for setting file-coding to the ebuild for 21.4.19 in bug 97786
app-editors/xemacs-21.4.19-r1 has the USE flag 'eolconv' which enables this option.