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Mac text files use a single “Carriage-Return” as the “newline” character at the end of each line. By pressing the <kbd>Enter</kbd> key (in Insert Mode) inserts a '''<CR>'''. Line-Feed characters have no special meaning and are displayed as '''<LF>'''. | Mac text files use a single “Carriage-Return” as the “newline” character at the end of each line. By pressing the <kbd>Enter</kbd> key (in Insert Mode) inserts a '''<CR>'''. Line-Feed characters have no special meaning and are displayed as '''<LF>'''. | ||
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To perform a “cut and paste” between Mac and Windows/DOS files, you may want to convert the Mac file into a Windows/DOS file. | To perform a “cut and paste” between Mac and Windows/DOS files, you may want to convert the Mac file into a Windows/DOS file. | ||
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#To convert the entire file, select <kbd>BLOCK</kbd> > <kbd>Select all</kbd> ( <kbd>Ctrl-A</kbd> ) to block highlight the file. | #To convert the entire file, select <kbd>BLOCK</kbd> > <kbd>Select all</kbd> ( <kbd>Ctrl-A</kbd> ) to block highlight the file. | ||
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*[[Binary_Text_File_Types|Binary/Data and Text File Types]] | *[[Binary_Text_File_Types|Binary/Data and Text File Types]] | ||
*[[Convert_Windows_Mac_Linux|Convert Between Windows, Mac and Linux File Types]] | *[[Convert_Windows_Mac_Linux|Convert Between Windows, Mac and Linux File Types]] | ||
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Mac text files use a single “Carriage-Return” as the “newline” character at the end of each line. By pressing the Enter key (in Insert Mode) inserts a <CR>. Line-Feed characters have no special meaning and are displayed as <LF>.
You must use additional care when editing Mac files. In particular you must be very careful with “cut and paste” operations between Mac and Windows/DOS files. For example, a multiple line block cut from a Mac file will become a single long line when pasted into a Windows/DOS file.
Because “regular expressions” were originally designed for UNIX text files with Line-Feed “newline” characters, you may have some trouble searching Mac files using some regular expressions.
To perform a “cut and paste” between Mac and Windows/DOS files, you may want to convert the Mac file into a Windows/DOS file.
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More info over converting Mac files into a Windows/DOS files.