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From: Krzysztof KOLMAGA <kristo@bic.mni.mcgill.ca>
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To: Kate HANRATTY <kate@bic.mni.mcgill.ca>
Subject: The emacs guru speaks!!!
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Hello Kate
I asked a friend of mine who is a guru about your problem with replacing 
newline characters in emacs. Now this is the wisdom he taught me:

In emacs the stroke of ENTER key is interpreted as the *NEWLINE* 
character wich can also be simulated by Ctrl-J.
This NEWLINE is not to be confused with the CARRIAGE RETURN (Ctrl-M) 
which is somehow different from the NEWLINE.

Furthermore:
To "quote" (i.e. escape ) a Ctrl-somekey combination in emacs you have to 
do Ctrl-Q.

Example:

You have the file:

first line
second line
third line

You do: 
	Alt-X replace-string (ENTER)

Emacs pormpts you:
	Replace string:

You say:
	Ctrl-Q Ctrl-J (ENTER)

Emacs says:    
	Replace string ^J with:

You type:
	, Ctrl-Q Ctrl-J (ENTER)

Emacs shouts:
	Done

The file now looks:

first line,
second line,
third line,	


Anyhow that's it folks
				Cheers
					Chris