[Newbies] mucking around in .changes file on linux/ubuntu

Mon Feb 15 10:47:50 UTC 2010

On Sunday 14 February 2010 11:56:13 am Jerome Peace wrote:
> Is there anyone out there who has deal with changes files and linux
> editors? What might work most elegantly or robustly? 
I run the file through a filter while viewing/editing them in vi. On opening
   !Gtr \\r \\n

and just before writing:
   !Gtr \\n \\r

Kate (text editor in KDE) preserves line endings.

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