to <cr> or not

[rgm at htt-consult.com (Robert Moskowitz)]

At 05:45 PM 3/1/2006, Adam Gibson wrote:
>Les Mikesell wrote:
>>On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 11:23, Bowie Bailey wrote:
>>>>In the old days with real vi, you would:
>>>>:%s/^v^m//
>>>>to get rid of them, but vim doesn't like that.
>>>It depends on how Vim recognizes the file.  If Vim displays the file
>>>as a DOS file, it will hide the ^M and you can't search for it.
>>>If Vim displays the file as a unix file, it will show the ^M at the
>>>end of the line and you can search and replace it with the command
>>>shown above.

Hey, thanks for all of the info on DOS and Unix file editing and all 
the things that CAN go wrong if you are NOT careful.

So I have been careful to stay consistant.  As much as I can....