Re: how can i insert a quote with (insert) ?

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From: Mike Patton
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 12:52

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In article <1993Jan7.140754.9906@wl.com> agrafiot@wl.com (Dimitris Agrafiotis) writes:
   How can I insert a double quote (") with the insert command as part of
   a larger string? (insert "..."...")

You're really asking the more general question of how do you represent
a quote in a string and the answer is with backslash escape, just like
in C.  I.e. your example should be: (insert "...\"...")

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