Comments on: Vim Tip I always forget http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/737 Bad running advice, boring family stuff, and technology few find interesting Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/737/comment-page-1#comment-67128 Patrick Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:47:58 +0000 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/737#comment-67128 Using an autocommand to switch the file format automatically from dos/mac to unix for source files works as well. autocmd FileType perl,pm,lisp,scheme,tcl,python,c setlocal ff=unix Another nicety strips off the trailing whitespace on writes: function! DeleteTrailingWS() normal mz %s/\s\+$//ge normal `z endfunction if has("autocmd") autocmd BufWrite *.py :call DeleteTrailingWS() endif Using an autocommand to switch the file format automatically from dos/mac to unix for source files works as well.

autocmd FileType perl,pm,lisp,scheme,tcl,python,c setlocal ff=unix

Another nicety strips off the trailing whitespace on writes:

function! DeleteTrailingWS()
normal mz
%s/\s\+$//ge
normal `z
endfunction
if has(“autocmd”)
autocmd BufWrite *.py :call DeleteTrailingWS()
endif

]]> By: Jay http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/737/comment-page-1#comment-67076 Jay Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:05:49 +0000 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/737#comment-67076 or, from the command line: # dos2unix filename but I like the vim tip because not all boxes will have dos2unix (though I bet most do) or, from the command line:

# dos2unix filename

but I like the vim tip because not all boxes will have dos2unix (though I bet most do)

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