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Re: How to quote % in vi/ex ': ' escape

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From: Hans Mulder
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 17:32
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In <heinz.689356033@marvin.tuwien.ac.at> heinz@marvin.tuwien.ac.at (Heinz Herbeck) writes:
>How can I insert a % into a ':' command in vi, without it being replaced by
>the current filename ?

>^V% and ^V^V% don't work.

But \% does.

>And, in the same way, how to quote # ?

Similarly: \# .

ObQuiz: find a situation where you need to quote a character with \^V .

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Have a nice day,

Hans Mulder			hansm@cs.kun.nl
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