What is selecting View > Line Endings meant to accomplish? It doesn’t seem to do anything for me, in either Windows or Linux.
Line Endings
dutch
#3
Hmm. And then what’s supposed to happen? I just opened a file, selected View > Line Endings, saved it, closed it, reopened, and I see no line endings. (This is on Windows. Don’t have my Linux machine nearby.)
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jfcherng
#4
In the view buffer, ST always uses \n as the line ending. Your chosen line ending will be used when you actually save the file. (This may be a tiny pitfall when you write a plugin first time. Just always use \n when you manipulating the view buffer.)
If you want to know what’s the current line ending quickly,
// Display line endings in the status bar
"show_line_endings": true,
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dutch
#5
Thanks. I’m not a programmer–a prose writer–and I don’t get the functionality here. I was just looking for a way to turn on the carriage returns in the window I’m writing in. I did try making your suggested tweak to my preferences, but nothing changed. It’s not a big deal, though. Just mainly curious what the menu item was for, as I could see no visible change.
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jfcherng
#6
In a normal case, ST never renders carriage returns (\r). Just choose the Windows line ending, ST will make it done.
It shows the line ending in the status bar. (the bottom-right corner of the window)
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