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Written in article <14977@ulysses.att.com>
    by wmb@ulysses.att.com (W M Brelsford):

: In article <1501@cacilj.UUCP>, jurgen@cacilj.UUCP (Jurgen Heymann) writes:
: > I am trying to position the cursor on a specific column using a :map macro.
: > When I enter the command string interactively everything works fine. When I
: > define it as a :map macro however, the position command is not executed and
: > the macro execution stops there at the "|". I also tried "\|" but that didn't
: > help either. What can I do?
: 
: "|" needs to be protected with "^V" (Ctrl-V).
: 
: ..(macro to join two text lines, then split before column 77):
: >	:map ^W J77|bi^M^[
: 
: A minor modification:
: 
: 	:map ^W J77^V|BBf r^M
: 
: insures that no trailing blanks are left on the split line.

At the risk of calling forth an old Usenet cliche ...

"Bzzzzzt!  We're sorry, but that's the wrong answer!"

I know.  I tried it in posting this article.  Control V does *not* quote
the "pipe" character (at least not on an Ultix VAX).
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