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The 2.0.0 version(current at the time of writting) is flawed for linux/unix, because its format is for DOS.
 
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To fix this unzip the LineCommenter.vim and run dos2unix on the file to convert the newlines to Unix format.
 
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==Fix for Linux==
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The 2.0.0 version of the script does not work on Unix-based systems because it uses CRLF line endings (DOS file format) which cause errors like {{tt|E492: Not an editor command: ^M}}.
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To fix, unzip the script and use the advice at [[file format]] (or use <tt>dos2unix</tt>) to fix the line endings.
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Fix for Linux

The 2.0.0 version of the script does not work on Unix-based systems because it uses CRLF line endings (DOS file format) which cause errors like E492: Not an editor command: ^M.

To fix, unzip the script and use the advice at file format (or use dos2unix) to fix the line endings.

Comments