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

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From: Stephen Marley
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 15:18

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hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder) writes:
: 
: ObQuiz: find a situation where you need to quote a character with \^V .
: 

What about substituting ^M for a real ctrl-M.   
eg.

    :%s/\^M/\^V^M/g

This might be useful for converting macros posted in news/mail for real use.
-- 
Stephen Marley
Memex Information Systems Ltd., East Kilbride, G75 0YN, Scotland, UK. 
stephen@memex.co.uk	  Tel: (03552) 33804     Fax: (03552) 39676

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