What vim settings do I need so vim ftp write does not convert to dos format?

Question

This question is really about being able to write a file using gVim or command line vim without its file type (Unix) being changed to DOS. This problem is not happening in command line vim directly on a Linux system.

I am editing files that reside on a Linux system, using gVim. The edit command looks like this:

:e ftp://user@server//home/csm/csmdev/recpt_rpt.4gl

When I edit the file, it's type is Unix. When I write the file out, it is automatically converted to dos format. I confirm this by entering the :e! right after writing out the file using :w.

I have included my .vimrc at the end of this post.

I have taken the suggestions provided as answer(s) comments to this OP.

nnoremap <F2> :set nonumber!<CR>:set foldcolumn=0<CR>
filetype plugin indent on
autocmd FileType python set complete+=k~/.vim/syntax/python.vim isk+=.,(
map <buffer> <S-e> :w<CR>:!/usr/bin/env python % <CR>
set encoding=utf8
set paste
set expandtab
set textwidth=0
set tabstop=4
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set autoindent
set backspace=indent,eol
set incsearch
set ignorecase
set ruler
set wildmenu
set commentstring=\ #\ %s
set clipboard+=unnamed
set wm=8
syn on
set nocompatible
set fileformats=unix,dos
" tab navigation adapted from vim tip 1221
nmap th :tabprev<cr>
nmap tl :tabnext<cr>
nmap tn :tabnew<cr>
nmap tc :tabclose<cr>
set statusline=%F%m%r%h%w\ [FORMAT=%{&ff}]\ [TYPE=%Y]\ [ASCII=\%03.3b]\ [HEX=\%02.2B]\ [POS=%04l,%04v][%p%%]\ [LEN=%L] 
set laststatus=2

Answer 1

This problem is now resolved. It was resolved when I built vim from 7.4a Beta. I am posting the .vimrc, which does not have the fileformats option in it.

I ran the config with these parameters:

/configure --enable-gui=auto --disable-gtktest

Here is the .vimrc:

nnoremap <F2> :set nonumber!<CR>:set foldcolumn=0<CR>
filetype plugin indent on
autocmd!
autocmd FileType python set complete+=k~/.vim/syntax/python.vim isk+=.,(
map <buffer> <S-e> :w<CR>:!/usr/bin/env python % <CR>
set encoding=utf8
set paste
set expandtab
set textwidth=0
set tabstop=4
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set autoindent
set backspace=indent,eol
set incsearch
set ignorecase
set smartcase
set ruler
set wildmenu
set commentstring=\ #\ %s
set clipboard+=unnamed
set wm=8
syn on
set nocompatible
" tab navigation adapted from vim tip 1221
nmap th :tabprev<cr>
nmap tl :tabnext<cr>
nmap tn :tabnew<cr>
nmap tc :tabclose<cr>
set statusline=%F%m%r%h%w\ [FORMAT=%{&ff}]\ [TYPE=%Y]\ [ASCII=\%03.3b]\ [HEX=\%02.2B]\ [POS=%04l,%04v][%p%%]\ [LEN=%L] 
set laststatus=2
" Uncomment the following to have Vim jump to the last position when
" reopening a file
if has("autocmd")
  au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$")
    \| exe "normal g'\"" | endif
endif
autocmd BufNewFile * silent! 0r $VIMHOME/templates/%:e.tpl
augroup filetypedetect
    autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.wiki setfiletype Wikipedia
    autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.wikipedia.org* setfiletype Wikipedia
augroup END

Answer 2

This should do the trick:

set fileformats=unix

It prevents using dos file format.