FW: vim 6.1.300-1 DOS line endings (newline expansion)

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Christensen, David wrote:

> cygwin@cygwin.com:
>
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote on February 21, 2003 2:35 PM:
> > Put the following in your ~/.vimrc:
> >
> > set fileformat=dos
>
> Sounds logical.  Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work:
>
>     dchristensen@A05390:~$ cat .vimrc
>     set autoindent
>     set number
>     set shiftwidth=4
>     set fileformat=dos
>     " Cygwin:
>     syntax off
>     " Linux:
>     ":if exists("syntax_on") | syntax off | else | syntax enable | endif
>     dchristensen@A05390:~$ vi baz
>           1 abcd
>           2
>     dchristensen@A05390:~$ cat baz
>     abcd
>
>     dchristensen@A05390:~$ dump baz
>     000000   a   b   c   d  \n  \n
>     000006
>
>
> I believe .vimrc is read every time Vim starts.  I don't get it...
>
> David

David,

After reading vim help carefully, seems you also need the "fileformats"
variable set.  Try

	set fileformats=dos
	set fileformat=dos

and see what happens.  For more details, "vim -c 'help file-formats'".
	Igor
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