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In article <heinz.689356033@marvin.tuwien.ac.at> heinz@marvin.tuwien.ac.at (Heinz Herbeck) writes:
>Sorry if this is in the FAQ or has been discussed here already. I can vaguely
>remember having read about this problem before, but I can't find any 
>articles about it in my archives (and I can't find the FAQ either).
>
>How can I insert a % into a ':' command in vi, without it being replaced by
>the current filename ?
>For example, I have a file test.c% in my directory, and want to read it into
>the buffer with
>
>:r test.c%
>
>or edit it with
>
>:e test.c%
>
>^V% and ^V^V% don't work.
>
>And, in the same way, how to quote # ?
>
>Any help or hint will be appreciated.
>
>MfG
>HH
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>- Heinz M. HERBECK       heinz@marvin.tuwien.ac.at       Tel. +43 1 58801-4107 -
>- Technical University of Vienna, Austria  //  Institute for Computer Graphics -
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Try using the back slash, \.
This usally works for me.

Hope this helps.

C. Iacovelli
Member, Technical Staff
Telesciences CO Systems
ciacovel@telesciences.com