On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 12:55:57 PM UTC-5, ZyX wrote: > 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.
Thanks John and ZyX for the replies - there they are now!! -- -- 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.
