(redirected to vim-dev) Hi Tim! On Sa, 23 Mai 2015, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 2015-05-23 17:32, Peng Yu wrote: > > -b Binary mode. A few options will be set that makes it > > possible to edit a binary or executable file. > > > > Could anybody help explain this and provide a minimal binary file > > that shows the difference between with -b and without -b? Thanks. > > ":help -b" gives a little more detail but I'm not sure whether I've > found a bug. > > tim@laptop:~/tmp$ cat testvimrc > set nocompatible > set modeline > set sw=4 > set ts=4 > set et > tim@laptop:~/tmp$ xxd testfile > 0000000: 2f2a 2076 693a 2073 6574 2065 7870 616e /* vi: set expan > 0000010: 6474 6162 2073 773d 3220 7473 3d32 3a20 dtab sw=2 ts=2: > 0000020: 2a2f 0d0a 6669 7273 7420 6c69 6e65 0d0a */..first line.. > 0000030: 0973 6563 6f6e 6420 6c69 6e65 2077 6974 .second line wit > 0000040: 6820 7461 620d 0a h tab.. > > > When when opened with > > vi -u testvimrc testfile > > it has the following settings > > :set modeline? ts? et? sw? bin? ff? > modeline > tabstop=2 > expandtab > shiftwidth=2 > nobinary > fileformat=dos > > And when opened with > > vi -u testvimrc -b testfile > > it has the following settings > > :set modeline? ts? et? sw? bin? > modeline > tabstop=2 > expandtab > shiftwidth=2 > binary > fileformat=unix > > Based on the ":help -b", I would have expected that 'noexpandtab' and > 'nomodeline' would appear in that output, and that my ts/sw would be > 4 (set in the vimrc) rather than the ts/sw from the file's modeline > contents. It does correctly prevent munging of CR/LF by setting > ff=unix and 'binary'. Looks like despite what is being said in the documentation, the value from the initialization file is used. That might be a bug or a documentation inconsistency, I don't know. Best, Christian -- Wie man sein Kind nicht nennen sollte: Joe Kerr -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
