On Dec 3, 7:47 pm, "Yongwei Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I have :set ffs=unix,dos in
> _vimrc, the empty file on opening vim, or results of :enew, still has
> ff=dos on Windows.
>
> I even tried putting set ffs=unix,dos in a test.vim, and started vim
> with gvim -u test.vim --noplugin, and the result was still the same:
> ff=dos. Putting in set ff=unix has effects.

That's bizarre. What about the output of ":verbose set ffs?" in both
cases?

I don't think it should matter, but:

"Using the '-u' argument has the side effect that the 'compatible'
option will be on by default." (:help -u)

Maybe you are setting 'nocompatible' somewhere after you set the ffs
value, resetting it to the default?

>
> I really can't imagine why it works for you.
>

And I can't imagine why it doesn't for you :-)

> I am using gvim 7.2.60 on Windows XP.
>

Me, too. The 'cream' compile from sourceforge.
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