Friday, March 24, 2017

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

On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:23:04 -0700 (PDT)
JohnBeckett <johnb.beckett@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 2:34:05 PM UTC+11, Paul Watson 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='?
>
> See
> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/File_format
>
> If the file is open in Vim, entering the following reloads it using
> CR-only line endings.
>
> :e ++ff=mac
>
> John
>

You can also use Modeline Magic to set the file format in the file. See
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Modeline_magic


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