Substitution command in neovim remaps not working

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I simply want to map < leader> pu to erase all occurrences of the carriage return character (represented as ^M) in a file.

I can execute the command:

:%s/\r//g

and it works.

Any attempts to use vim.keymap.set in my remap.lua file, however, error out when I try to source it.

Attempts include:

vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>pu', vim.cmd('%s/\r//g'))

Errors with "Pattern not found:" using square brackets errors with "Pattern not found:\r"

vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>pu', vim.cmd.substitute{ range = '%', args = {'\r',''} })

Errors with " Invalid command arg: expected non-whitespace"

An attempt with a different character, 'r', sources, but applies the command inside the sourced file instead of mapping it.

vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>pu', vim.cmd('%s/r//g'))

I have other mappings using vim.cmd that work fine, and do not apply in the remap file.

Maybe this is a skill issue, but I need some assistance.

See :help file-formats. Would :set fileformat=unix solve your problem? This will only affect CRLF line endings while your regexp will also erase CR characters not at the end of a line. Depends on what you want to achieve. — Friedrich, Commented Jul 11, 2023 at 5:38
Thanks for the response. Due to the file formats, when pasting into nvim on WSL from system clipboard, <CR>s are at the end of each line. Just tried changing the file format, but they still appear (using both dos and unix). I just don't understand why I cannot map this replace, as typing it in manually every time I paste something in is getting tiresome. — fireq1, Commented Jul 11, 2023 at 6:19
You should ask about how not to get CRLF line endings when pasting in the first place. Being forced to run a mapping whenever you paste something is not a solution. — Friedrich, Commented Jul 11, 2023 at 9:55
I slapped paste from clipboard in there too, so no additional keystrokes are required. When I asked the question I did not know about file formats; this works for me where the other responses dealing with file formats do not. — fireq1, Commented Jul 11, 2023 at 15:49

Vivian De Smedt · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-11 06:20:36Z

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I would do:

vim.api.nvim_set_keymap('n', '<leader>pu', ':%s/\\r//<CR>', {})

answered Jul 11, 2023 at 6:20

Vivian De Smedt

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For the record, I think the issue is that vim.cmd is evaluated when constructing the mapping (since Lua is expression-oriented and has no macros, the expression can only be delayed with a function wrapper or, in this particular case, using a string)
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Commented Jul 11, 2023 at 12:32

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Christian Brabandt · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-11 08:03:24Z

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why not write it directly in unix format?

:w ++ff=unix

answered Jul 11, 2023 at 8:03

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