Ray Frush wrote:
> I managed to miss this posting until now, so I'm only 45 or so days
> late. I appreciate that you kept this request in the queue and
> worked on it after the release of 7.3!
>
> I've tried this with VIM (EX) 7.3.62, and it still produces a
> different result than the 6.3 version we're running on RHEL4.
>
>
> To recreate the problem, perform the following:
> cat - > ex.input << EOF
> a
> X \\
> Y
> .
> w ex.output
> EOF
> cat -tvse ex.input
> ex - -u NONE < ex.input
> cat -tvse ex.output
>
> When working correctly (rhel4), the output from cat of ex.output is:
> $
> X \$
> Y$
>
> On rhel5, the output from cat of ex.output is:
> X \...@y$
Have a look at ex.input:
a$
X \$
Y$
.$
w! ex.output$
You have a backslash at the end of the line. That means the line break
is taken literally. You need to double the backslash if you want a
backslash at the end of the line.
My old "original vi" doesn't run right now, thus I can't verify how it
handles this. It's a bit difficult to tell what would be the correct
way to handle this.
--
The chat program is in public domain. This is not the GNU public license.
If it breaks then you get to keep both pieces.
-- Copyright notice for the chat program
/// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\
/// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org ///
\\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org ///
--
You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist.
Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to.
For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
