Re: Edit a Mac file with 0x13 CR newlines on Windows?

OOps, I meant 0x0A or 10 decimal, not 0x10, and 0x0D or 13 decimal, not 0x13.

Tony.

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 5:25 AM, Tony Mechelynck
<antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Paul Watson <paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is it possible on Windows to edit a old-style, pre-OS/X file from a Mac that uses 0x0D (CR) as the newline? If so, how?
>>
>> Does this have something to do with 'set ffs='?
>
> Yes. The 'fileformats' option specifies which fileformat(s) you want
> Vim to recognize. It is a comma-separated list:
>
> unix: each line ends with a single <NL>, 0x10
> dos: each line ends with a <CR><NL> pair, 0x13 0x10 in that order.
> mac: each line ends with only a <CR>, 0x13.
>
> Depending on the option's value, Vim will try to determine the
> 'fileformat' used for the file and set that. Note that Windows
> (dos-format) files lacking an end-of-line on their last line will
> usually be detected as "unix" if 'fileformats' includes it, displaying
> a ^M at the end of all other lines, and that when trying to read a
> file as "dos" (either because the option does not include "unix" or
> because you forced dos mode, see below) lines lacking a <CR> before
> the <NL> will be silently accepted.
>
> To force a certain fileformat, add e.g. ++ff=mac between the command
> (:edit, :new, :vsplit, etc.) and the filename.
>
> See:
> :help 'fileformats'
> :help 'fileformat'
> :help file-formats
> :help ++opt
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.

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