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Lin Ma
Lin Ma

Reputation: 10139

Why does vi show the ends of lines as $?

I am using vi on Mac, and when I've run :set list, a $ (dollar sign) character is displayed at the end of each line. My confusion is that $ is not the ASCII value for a newline. Why does $ represent the end of the line?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 632

Answers (1)

William Pursell
William Pursell

Reputation: 212248

$ was chosen as the default value to display to represent the line, probably because $ is the command to move the cursor to the end of the line, which was probably chosen because $ represents an end of line anchor in a regular expression. There's nothing magical about it, and you can use any character you want by setting listchars. :help listchars for details.

Upvotes: 2

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