On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 16:55 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> With vi, when you are in edit mode ("-- INSERT --" etc.), you can press
> <CTRL> + Q followed by <ESC>. (Release the other two keys again before
> you press <ESC>.) If you use colors you will see that '^[' is shown in a
> different color to indicate that it is a special character and not just
> '^' + '['. It is furthermore treated as one character when you move the
> cursor across it.
Cool, thanks. However, at least in gnome-terminal, you should use
'<CTRL> + v' and not '<CTRL> + q'. From vim-doc usr_24.html:
*24.8* Entering special characters
The CTRL-V command is used to insert the next character literally. In other
words, any special meaning the character has, it will be ignored. For
example:
CTRL-V <Esc>
Inserts an escape character. Thus you don't leave Insert mode. (Don't type
the space after CTRL-V, it's only to make this easier to read).
Note:
On MS-Windows CTRL-V is used to paste text. Use CTRL-Q instead of
CTRL-V. On Unix, on the other hand, CTRL-Q does not work on some
terminals, because it has a special meaning.
Jamie Strandboge
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