Re: .ini files and DOS line endings

[Paul Fox]

Thanks for the extra details.

paul

thomas wrote:
 > On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 09:58:26AM -0500, Paul Fox wrote:
 > > Never mind.  I figured it out.
 > > 
 > > I copied the "ini" mode definition from modes.rc into my .vilerc, and
 > > changed it to remove the ".ini" file suffix from its list.  The file
 > > now comes up in conf mode.
 > 
 > that works.
 > 
 > I'd have just done something like this in .vilerc:
 >  
 >      define-mode ini
 >      ~with define-submode ini
 >              nodos
 >      ~endwith
 > 
 > or (assuming "define-mode ini" was already executed):
 > 
 >      define-submode ini nodos
 > 
 > possibly with a &sindex comparing $cwd to the places where I preferred using
 > that combination.
 > 
 > > paul
 > > 
 > > I wrote:
 > >  > A .ini file is edited in [inimode].  It's also edited with DOS line
 > >  > endings, i.e. [inimode crlf].
 > >  > 
 > >  > Normally when a file is in "crlf" mode, you can do "set nodos" before
 > >  > writing it out to eliminate the DOS line endings.
 > >  > 
 > >  > But if the file is also in inimode, that doesn't work.
 > >  > 
 > >  > So I have a .ini file, on linux, which keeps getting CRNL line endings
 > >  > every time I edit and write it.  Frustrating, since the program that 
 > > reads
 > >  > it warns about this when it starts.
 > >  > 
 > >  > Is there a way to prevent the INI filter (if that's what's doing it) 
 > > from
 > >  > changing the file's line endings?
 > >  > 
 > >  > Barring that, how do I disable an editing mode -- how can I tell vile
 > >  > that a .ini file isn't special at all.
 > 
 > delete-mode inimode
 > 
 > -- 
 > Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
 > https://invisible-island.net


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