On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Marco <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > I received a text file with tab-separated values. However, the > entire file is displayed in one line and vim shows ^M symbols > all over the text, which are U+000d characters (CR). > > I ran a search-replace to replace them with <CTRL-V><CR> and the > file displays as it should. But what's the cause? Is the file > malformed? I thought CR is the usual way of encoding a line ending. > What do I need to change to make vim display the file correctly > without changing it? > > What system might have saved the file? Usually I never have any > problems opening files from Windows or Mac. > > The file in question can be downloaded here: > http://freeshell.de/~mpfusion/1.txt (15 KiB) > > VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Nov 12 2012 19:41:47) > Included patches: 1-712 > > on Debian Linux > > Different operating systems use different line endings for text files. From :help 'ff':
dos <CR><NL> unix <NL> mac <CR> What OS are you opening the file in? Next time you open the offending file, try ":set ff?" (without the quotes) to see what it says. The <CR> way is "mac". My Windows GVim opened the file exactly as you described: one long line. However, by using ":e ++ff=mac" (again, no quotes) I was able to reload the file correctly. Hope this helps, Salman -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
