--- a/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/hg.py	Sat Feb 15 18:21:59 2014 +0100
+++ b/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/hg.py	Sat Feb 15 19:29:20 2014 +0100
@@ -1775,7 +1775,8 @@
         else:
             output, error = self.__client.runcommand(args)
         
-        return output, error
+        # return file contents with 'universal newlines'
+        return output.replace('\r\n', '\n').replace('\r', '\n'), error
     
     def hgSbsDiff(self, name, extended=False, revisions=None):
         """