Want vim to NOT be windows friendly

sleeper0110 · 05-04-2009, 01:09 PM

I have software written by windows and linux developers. I would like the linux devlopers (who use vim) to be able to see the ^M newline characters of files that our Windows developers created (CRLF). These days, vim is smart enough to realize the CRLF and not show the ^M characters. I want those ^M characters to show up.

I'm not interested in converting these, or getting them to play nice with each other. I just want vim on linux to get these windows newlines to show up as ^M so we know they are there.

Regular vi has them show up just fine. There must be some sort of vim windows_newline option or something.

Can anybody help me?

Thanks!

Acron_0248 · 05-04-2009, 01:34 PM

Code:

:set fileformats=dos

If my memory isn't lying to me.

farslayer · 05-04-2009, 02:04 PM

To make Vim show the hidden characters in the document you're editing, enter the command:

Code:

:set list

disable with

Code:

:set nolist

:help list

Quote:

*:l* *:list*

:[range]l[ist] [count] [flags]
Same as :print, but display unprintable characters with '^' and put $ after the line.
See |ex-flags| for [flags].

:set invlist seems to do the same thing, but there's no help on that command....