Unlike Unix where a new line is represented by a LF character we need a combination CR/LF for files in DOS/Windows:

Gedit

We can let Gedit save text documents with Windows-style line endings in the File -> Save as dialog.

• Adjust the settings for Line Endings in the drop down menu to Windows.

  
  
  

  

Nano

To make nano write text files in DOS format we have to run it with the following command line option ¹:

nano --dos <filename>

Vim

Vim can convert files from Unix to DOS format with the following control sequences ² :

:update

:e ++ff=dos

:w

Emacs

To set the buffer coding to DOS style issue Meta + x :

set-buffer-file-coding-system utf-8-dos