Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Getting rid of ^M (Ctrl-M) characters in Windows text using Vim
Since early days of Vim, I was always able to use and to build the ^M character (and other special control characters) whenever necessary from Vim's command mode.
This trick still works today on my Windows PC running Vim 6.4.
However, starting with Vim 7.2 on a Fedora 10 Linux PC, is somehow been mapped to "paste" command. And all of a sudden, I can no longer enter control characters in Vim's command mode.
Thanksto do the trick when using GVim). This trick does NOT apply to Vim.
The original post can be found here (http://www.grok2.com/blog/2010/04/21/getting-rid-of-m-ctrl-m-characters-in-windows-text-using-vim/).
For Vim, a more primitive method, i.e. using \r (backslah r) to represent ^M, can be used. (see Vim wiki at this link).
This trick still works today on my Windows PC running Vim 6.4.
However, starting with Vim 7.2 on a Fedora 10 Linux PC,
Thanks
The original post can be found here (http://www.grok2.com/blog/2010/04/21/getting-rid-of-m-ctrl-m-characters-in-windows-text-using-vim/).
For Vim, a more primitive method, i.e. using \r (backslah r) to represent ^M, can be used. (see Vim wiki at this link).
# posted by David @ 11:36 AM 
