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

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From: Roger Cornelius
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 23:36

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In article <heinz.689356033@marvin.tuwien.ac.at>, heinz@marvin.tuwien.ac.at (Heinz Herbeck) writes:
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> How can I insert a % into a ':' command in vi, without it being replaced by
> the current filename ?

Precede it with a backslash.

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

In the same way :-).

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