Introduce an universal newline character like \R

[zhangxiubo]

• VSCode Version: 1.3.0-Insider (2016-07-01 build)
• OS Version: Windows 7

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open a new buffer;
2. Type three lines of text;
3. Open the find and replace dialogue and turn on regex;
4. In the Find field, input \n; in the Replace with field, input a whitespace;
5. Hit replace all.

The whitespace is supposed to replace the newline character entirely, but it seems the newline character is retained --- whatever is replacing \n got appended to each of the matching newline.

[alexdima]

@zhangxiubo Are you using \r\n as the EOL sequence in your file?

In that case you'd need to search for \r\n:

[zhangxiubo]

@alexandrudima Thank you for your reply. Yes you are right, using \r\n works (I thought of it before but mistakenly tested \n\r perhaps). 👍 Wouldn't it be nice for VS Code to introduce an universal newline character like the \R in Sublime Text. 😄

[rebornix]

This feature request will not be considered in the next 6-12 months roadmap and as such will be closed to keep the number of issues we have to maintain actionable. Thanks for understanding and happy coding!