diff --git a/helix-core/src/line_ending.rs b/helix-core/src/line_ending.rs
index 2cc5b5d84..33f8d0783 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/line_ending.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/line_ending.rs
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
 pub fn rope_slice_to_line_ending(g: &RopeSlice) -> Option<LineEnding> {
     if let Some(text) = g.as_str() {
         str_to_line_ending(text)
-    } else if g == "\u{000D}\u{000A}" {
-        Some(LineEnding::Crlf)
-    } else {
+    }
+    else {
         // Not a line ending
         None
     }
diff --git a/helix-core/src/movement.rs b/helix-core/src/movement.rs
index 8b1e802f4..cf7ea8548 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/movement.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/movement.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 use crate::{
     coords_at_pos,
     graphemes::{nth_next_grapheme_boundary, nth_prev_grapheme_boundary},
-    pos_at_coords, Position, Range, RopeSlice,
+    pos_at_coords, Position, Range, RopeSlice, get_line_ending
 };
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ pub fn move_horizontally(
         }
         Direction::Forward => {
             // Line end is pos at the start of next line - 1
-            let end = slice.line_to_char(line + 1).saturating_sub(1);
+            let end = slice.line_to_char(line + 1).saturating_sub(get_line_ending(&slice.line(line))
+                .map(|le| le.len_chars())
+                .unwrap_or(0));
             nth_next_grapheme_boundary(slice, pos, count).min(end)
         }
     };
diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands.rs b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
index af2e8eeef..cee0e752f 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     regex::{self, Regex},
     register::{self, Register, Registers},
     search, selection, Change, ChangeSet, LineEnding, Position, Range, Rope, RopeSlice, Selection,
-    SmallVec, Tendril, Transaction,
+    SmallVec, Tendril, Transaction, DEFAULT_LINE_ENDING,
 };
 
 use helix_view::{
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ fn replace(cx: &mut Context) {
             KeyEvent {
                 code: KeyCode::Enter,
                 ..
-            } => Some('\n'),
+            } => Some('\n'), // TODO: replace this with DEFAULT_LINE_ENDING
             _ => None,
         };
 
@@ -982,7 +982,13 @@ fn delete_selection_impl(reg: &mut Register, doc: &mut Document, view_id: ViewId
     // then delete
     let transaction =
         Transaction::change_by_selection(doc.text(), doc.selection(view_id), |range| {
-            let max_to = doc.text().len_chars().saturating_sub(1);
+            let alltext = doc.text();
+            let line = alltext.char_to_line(range.head);
+            let max_to = doc.text().len_chars().saturating_sub(
+                get_line_ending(&alltext.line(line))
+                    .map(|le| le.len_chars())
+                    .unwrap_or(0),
+            );
             let to = std::cmp::min(max_to, range.to() + 1);
             (range.from(), to, None)
         });
@@ -1644,8 +1650,12 @@ fn append_to_line(cx: &mut Context) {
     let selection = doc.selection(view.id).transform(|range| {
         let text = doc.text();
         let line = text.char_to_line(range.head);
-        // we can't use line_to_char(line + 1) - 2 because the last line might not contain \n
-        let pos = (text.line_to_char(line) + text.line(line).len_chars()).saturating_sub(1);
+        // we can't use line_to_char(line + 1) - 2 because the last line might not contain a newline
+        let pos = (text.line_to_char(line) + text.line(line).len_chars()).saturating_sub(
+            get_line_ending(&text.line(line))
+                .map(|le| le.len_chars())
+                .unwrap_or(0),
+        );
         Range::new(pos, pos)
     });
     doc.set_selection(view.id, selection);
diff --git a/helix-view/src/document.rs b/helix-view/src/document.rs
index 49d270e4d..44d505830 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/document.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/document.rs
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ pub fn load(path: PathBuf) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         use std::{fs::File, io::BufReader};
 
         let doc = if !path.exists() {
-            Rope::from("\n")
+            Rope::from(DEFAULT_LINE_ENDING.as_str()) 
         } else {
             let file = File::open(&path).context(format!("unable to open {:?}", path))?;
             let mut doc = Rope::from_reader(BufReader::new(file))?;