2015-08-17 20:54 GMT+03:00 Nikolay Pavlov <[email protected]>: > 2015-08-17 20:34 GMT+03:00 <[email protected]>: >> Greetings: >> >> I'm certain there are multiple ways this question has already been answered, >> between the lines, in previous posts regarding removing the ^M carriage >> returns from files when using vim. Apparently I'm not smart enough to >> decipher the chatter... >> >> We recently ran into a case where we believed a file to be 'clean' of these >> pesky characters, but it turns out it was not. We all wished we were back >> on Solaris where these characters showed up every time when using vi. >> >> So, the question has been raised, and I'm posting it to this group. Is >> there a simple method, in vim, of displaying ^M carriage return characters >> as a precaution or test when their presence in a file can be detrimental, if >> not catastrophic? > > Just set &fileformats option to unix. I.e. disable dos and mac file > formats recognition (if *all* lines in a file end with CRLF then ^M in > line endings will not be shown because file format (== file line > ending format) is recognized as dos; just CR without LF is mac > format). ^M is CR.
You need to do this *before* loading the file, e.g. in the vimrc. In the running session reload file using `e ++ff=unix`. > >> >> Thanks!! >> >> Neil >> >> -- >> -- >> 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. -- -- 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.
