When searching:
\n is newline, \r is CR (carriage return = Ctrl-M = ^M)
When replacing:
\r is newline, \n is a null byte (0x00).
Why designed in such inconsistent way?
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@FDinoff hello, I want to know the reason of inconsistent, either of \n or \r is completely ok for me, what I care about is the inconsistent. – http8086 Aug 21 '14 at 13:49
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From the duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/a/71531/1890567 – FDinoff Aug 21 '14 at 13:50
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@FDinoff Ya, what's wrong if everything when replacing is the same just as when searching. – http8086 Aug 21 '14 at 13:58
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1http://stackoverflow.com/a/12389839/1890567. Vim was designed to be as backwards compatible as possible with vi. If there are inconsistencies it is almost always that. – FDinoff Aug 21 '14 at 14:04